We have learned that Salette Latas resigned her position as an Oro Valley Council Member,effective immediately.
Salette indicated that her action was taken for personal reasons.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Az Star Op-Ed: Anonymity Poisonous To Newspaper Message Boards
We thought our readers that may have missed Leonard J. Pitts Jr. Op-Ed in today's Az Star might want to read it.
We couldn't agree more, especially since we experience the same issues on our LOVE blog.
Is there an answer to these anonymous attacks by --- quoting Mr. Pitts; "Giving people a way to throw rocks and hide their hands?"
We believe there is, and if it doesn't stop we will take whatever steps we deem appropriate.
Here's is what Mr. Pitts has to say.
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/opinion/article_86c1b204-12a5-5a2a-9963-1c27061bce42.html
We couldn't agree more, especially since we experience the same issues on our LOVE blog.
Is there an answer to these anonymous attacks by --- quoting Mr. Pitts; "Giving people a way to throw rocks and hide their hands?"
We believe there is, and if it doesn't stop we will take whatever steps we deem appropriate.
Here's is what Mr. Pitts has to say.
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/opinion/article_86c1b204-12a5-5a2a-9963-1c27061bce42.html
Explorer Editor Is Wrong, Wrong & Wrong Re:Dr. Don Emmons
You may wonder how the editor of The Explorer can make three misstatements in such a short editorial, but Dave Perry managed to do so.
#1) Mr. Perry either doesn't care or doesn't know that life isn't always fair. Dr. Don had "personal issues," not the least of which was having his brother nearly killed by a drunk driver only weeks earlier. To write "if Emmons wasn't really planning to serve, perhaps he should not have run at all," is not a well thought out comment from Mr. Perry.
#2 If Mr. Perry would have checked with his reporter, Patrick McNamara, he would have known that the law is very specific as it pertains to "an also ran" candidate not moving up to the runoff election.
3) Perhaps Mr. Perry does not know we are having a state wide election on May 18 to determine if a 1% sales tax hike will be approved. This is not solely an OV election. Is Mr. Perry suggesting we no longer have a primary, which is how it has always been done, regardless of how many candidates are running?
Below is The Explorer editorial. Judge for yourself.
Art
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Short takes
By Dave Perry, The Explorer
Published:
March-31-2010
Don Emmons, the Oro Valley Town Council candidate who earned a berth on the general election ballot despite no obvious campaigning, has withdrawn from the May 18 ballot.
That's fine … although, if Emmons wasn't really planning to serve, perhaps he should not have run at all.
There's a less than fine consequence. The next top vote-getter from the March primary, K.C. Carter, does not advance to the general election ballot. That leaves three hopefuls, Lou Waters, Joe Hornat and Matthew Rabb, in competition for two remaining town council seats.
The intent of the primary election is to make sure there are not more than two candidates for one open, elected office. With Emmons' departure, there are 1.5 candidates for each slot.
Oro Valley voters are being given less of a choice when they go to the polls in May. They'd be better served if a fourth candidate, in this case the fifth-highest vote getter among the remaining candidates, would be placed on the ballot.
The vacancy further makes one wonder why the community incurs the expense of two elections, a primary and a general, when it could have made its decisions all at once.
#1) Mr. Perry either doesn't care or doesn't know that life isn't always fair. Dr. Don had "personal issues," not the least of which was having his brother nearly killed by a drunk driver only weeks earlier. To write "if Emmons wasn't really planning to serve, perhaps he should not have run at all," is not a well thought out comment from Mr. Perry.
#2 If Mr. Perry would have checked with his reporter, Patrick McNamara, he would have known that the law is very specific as it pertains to "an also ran" candidate not moving up to the runoff election.
3) Perhaps Mr. Perry does not know we are having a state wide election on May 18 to determine if a 1% sales tax hike will be approved. This is not solely an OV election. Is Mr. Perry suggesting we no longer have a primary, which is how it has always been done, regardless of how many candidates are running?
Below is The Explorer editorial. Judge for yourself.
Art
*************************************************************************************
Short takes
By Dave Perry, The Explorer
Published:
March-31-2010
Don Emmons, the Oro Valley Town Council candidate who earned a berth on the general election ballot despite no obvious campaigning, has withdrawn from the May 18 ballot.
That's fine … although, if Emmons wasn't really planning to serve, perhaps he should not have run at all.
There's a less than fine consequence. The next top vote-getter from the March primary, K.C. Carter, does not advance to the general election ballot. That leaves three hopefuls, Lou Waters, Joe Hornat and Matthew Rabb, in competition for two remaining town council seats.
The intent of the primary election is to make sure there are not more than two candidates for one open, elected office. With Emmons' departure, there are 1.5 candidates for each slot.
Oro Valley voters are being given less of a choice when they go to the polls in May. They'd be better served if a fourth candidate, in this case the fifth-highest vote getter among the remaining candidates, would be placed on the ballot.
The vacancy further makes one wonder why the community incurs the expense of two elections, a primary and a general, when it could have made its decisions all at once.
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