Two articles in the Tunica Times

This letter was sent to the Tunica Times. I don't expect this letter to be published as I am a candidate for office also. So, here goes:

This letter to the editor is being written to object to two separate articles that appeared in this newspaper.

The first article appeared in the 8 Apr 2011 edition and was titled: “Clubs partner to clean up community”. The second article appeared in the 29 Apr 2011 edition and was titled: “Residents work to keep community beautiful”. Neither article contained the byline of anyone…that is neither article stated who wrote either article.

What is objectionable about these articles is not cleaning up our community. It is not objectionable that groups of children were encouraged to help with the project. Our children should be asked to help keep their community clean and even shown just how much work it is to clean up trash that should have been disposed of properly in the first place. What is objectionable is the sponsor of this project and that the “sponsor” was named and is a candidate for office in our upcoming election.

Had this community project been sponsored by say…the Tunica County Board of Supervisors this would not be objectionable because although all current Supervisors are running for re-election, this sponsorship does not use the name of any particular candidate. Additionally, what does cleaning up our community have to do with the Chancery Clerk? Nothing. This was a not very well hidden way of getting free advertising.

Since I am also a candidate for office, let’s see if this letter gets published.