Win or lose, I accept the outcome and gladly get past the constant rancor, vitriol and mean-spirited discussions and advertising of this election season.
As an example of how bad things have gotten, I would like to tell you of a recent experience I had while standing on the street corner waving a sign for my favorite candidate.
On several occasions, drivers and their passengers rolled down their windows to flip us off.
Worse, two elderly ladies (you know who you are) did the same. Huh, old ladies like my grandma? Tell me it ain’t so.
And to not be outdone by those extremists Democrats, once while J. Paul Brown and Travis Oliger were standing on the corner of Camino del Rio and College waving campaign signs, one such extremist threw a soda can out the window at them. The projectile hit J. Paul squarely on the chin, bounced off his shoulder and sprayed soda all over Travis. A few inches higher and it very well could have been a life-threatening injury. That’s what it has come to.
The Herald and your other media associates are indirectly, and in some cases directly, responsible for inciting this type of extremist behavior. You have demonstrated time and again that you are not above telling the whole truth if spinning the facts a little might stir up the folk and sell more papers.
And you have made your position clear regarding your choice of candidates, in some cases at the expense of the other candidates’ reputation and personal safety.
Yes, you, Herald. Your divisive opinions in the name of good journalism have divided our community like never before. You really should stop that.
Tim Gallagher
Hesperus
