Thursday, August 28, 2008

Cultural Of Political Corruption - Response to the Wayne Hurt Hornell Tribune August 26, 2008 Editorial

Cohocton Town Board member, Wayne Hunt, must be off his medicines. In a groundless attack on the character of Eric Massa, Hunt demonstrates once again, that a political hack ignores truth, when desperation engulfs partisan patronage. If Randy Kuhl relies on the diatribes of an unstable toady, to defend him – just what does that say about the Congressman?

Make no mistake about it, the editorial is a classic product of spinning sleaze to smear an opponent that is surging in the polls. The sad record of Cohocton government is indefensible. Mr. Hunt is a core architect of the collusion that has precipitated the NYS Attorney General criminal investigation. Such probes are serious matters that usually end in indictments. It is especially tragic when “so called” public officials sell their votes and influence.

The self-proclaimed leader of the band for Industrial Wind “Special Interests” has refused to cooperate with the AG. When town board and appointed officials use public funds to pay attorneys to stonewall an investigation, of which they are a target, it raises the question - what do you have to hide?

Eric Massa is an independent, rational and balanced advocate for the interests of all the citizens of the Congressional 29th District. Kuhl’s refusal to debate mirrors Hunt’s fear of the Attorney General. This pattern of silence has been the Hunt policy of no public comments at town board meetings. Congressman Kuhl is this the kind of standard you condone? It seems that when the comrades in schemes to defraud the public get scared, they must cower behind a code of silence.

Congressman Kuhl has a responsibility to debate Eric Massa. The electorate deserves representation by honest and courageous officials. Cowards deserve public ridicule. Most towns have a village idiot. Cohocton has many, but Hunt proves that he ranks near the top.

James Hall
Cohocton, NY

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