[Vision2020] Candidate Chastisement

[Dan Carscallen]

dangit Tim.  You are dragging me kicking and screaming into the 21st
century . . . 
 
don't mind the nude photo . . . http://areamanforcouncil.blogspot.com/

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tim Hillebrand
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:48 AM
To: 'Vision2020'
Subject: [Vision2020] Candidate Chastisement


Wanting to be an informed citizen, and not having the benefit of any
literature whatsoever on any of the city council/mayorial candidates for
the looming election, and not knowing all of them personally, I thought
I would just visit their Websites for the information. Lo and behold, I
could not find a Website for even one of the candidates, which is
unfathomable to me this day and age. I would think that it would be the
first thing a candidate would do, even before filing. In fact, it ought
to be a requisite for running. I can't think of a better, more
cost-effective means of letting the broadest spectrum of citizens know
about you and your platform. I find it difficult to take a candidate
seriously who doesn't have such a simple, rudimentary means of informing
the constituency. And, you can say so much more on a Website than you
can in a brochure. It's not as if Moscow consists of a bunch of computer
illiterates. If fact, it is, perhaps, a little insulting to the
community that our candidates seem to be so electronically unadroit. 
 
I must say, though, that the search exercise was not without its
amusements and awards. For instance, I found a quotation from Peg
Hamblet informing the City Council that, as an aerobics instructor, most
of her students would not pass the strictures of the topless ordinance.
I discovered several probate notices for Walter Steed, and found that he
may be a judge in Utah with three wives and countless offspring.
 
Anyway, I say shame on all of you, and I suggest that you get with it
and get out some e-blicity for your own good and the good of the
community. It will save you money in the long run. Consider a blog as a
possible alternative. By the way, I'm available for Website design. I
charge $1500 per hour, but give deep discounts for candidates who
promise to vote as I dictate--just kidding. 
 
The uninformed,
Tim Hillebrand  

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