By: Joanne Boyle

Joanne Boyle — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:24:39 +0000

Regarding your endorsement of Wendy Wilton for State Treasurer, have you seen her quote, “Technically she’s able to invest the states money adequately and I don’t see where I’m going to do any worse of a job or a better job maybe then she is on those things.” -Wendy Wilton
Or this one? “Her opponent says that when it comes to doing the actual work that a treasurer does, Beth is doing well. Wendy’s problem, we can speculate then, is that Beth hasn’t done a god job at doing what treasurer’s do not do: setting a political agenda.” -Ryan Emerson.
Wendy Wilton doesn’t know the job, doesn’t have the support of the people she would work with nor does she have the basic ethical standards that would prevent a candidate from telling untruths and later redacting them after the harm was done. Beth may not be a savvy campaigner, but she is a ‘numbers person’ who will do her job well, as she has done for the last two years since appointed, save Vermonters MILLIONS of dollars, keep our bond rate at 3 stars or above and work in the interest of ALL Vermonters. SHE should have been endorsed by the Standard, but in the interest of appearing non-partisan, you made a BIG mistake.
And by the way, Vince Illuzzi is NOT an ‘incumbent’ but you were right in saying he “wants to move up from being a longtime country senator” because this effort to become Auditor is merely a stepping stone to higher office. Why not endorse the man who really wants the job, Doug Hoffer? Come on VT Standard, you can do better than this!

By: Jeter

Jeter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:23:11 +0000

The reason that you aren’t endorsing Beth Pearce is because she has never run for office? What about 35 years of experience?

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