Urbana politics a real eye opener

To the Editor,

I must say that I moved here from a big city compared to the Town of Urbana and I never in my life realized that politics could be so dirty. Where I came from, people didn't have to sling mud to win an election. In my opinion, the ones doing the slinging of mud must not be very confident of winning the election any other way.

I was never involved in politics that much until I moved here and have since become very involved in my community and I care what happens. I find it hard to believe that at the Democratic Caucus, the Chairperson wanted to endorse four Republicans who had been voted out by their own party before even giving the Democrats attending the meeting a chance to nominate a fellow Democrat. And after there were nominations made, one Democrat was turned down when he tried to run for town supervisor because he had nominated someone else stating he could only nominate one person. Then the chairperson tried to get a vote on all Democrats nominated plus all of the Republicans voted out by their party. I've gone to a lot of meetings and that sounds fishy to me, almost like an agenda for the evening was already set up before the meeting started. Is this how the Democrats run their party, wanting to nominate defeated Republicans instead of their own party?

Then a letter is read to endorse one of the defeated Republicans. They decide to endorse him but he says he'll have to think about it, making it seem like he didn't ask for his endorsement from the Democrats, then he declines "their offer." Wait a minute, it wasn't their offer; he sent in a letter to be read asking the Democrats for their endorsement.

What was the chairperson thinking of? And why is it that certain politicians think that the only way to win is to sneak in the back door? Could it be that they are afraid to face the public and answer questions?

I never voted before I came here because I didn't realize that my vote would count; after all, I'm only one person. I soon realized however that my vote does count as well as everyone's vote counts. Your one vote could be the determining factor. I want to vote for the four people who don't sneak around our backs and sneak in the back door. I want to open government that I feel I, as well as everyone in this town deserves. I want to vote for the ones who aren't afraid to meet us and let us ask questions and answer them to our face, not socalled stories in the newspaper. At least they have the respect for us to meet us and to talk to us face to face, unlike some others who won't. Get out there and cast your vote for a new beginning before it's too late. The next million-dollar building is right around the corner if you don't.

Jeanne George Hammondsport