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This is an email blast sent out by the Pat Anderson Campaign.
This is an email blast sent out by the Pat Anderson Campaign.
Love 'em or hate 'em, the media plays a big role in campaigns. They decide what news to cover, having the ability to frame the issues that are important to the voters. They also serve as a balance to the rhetoric coming from the campaigns by "fact-checking" claims made by candidates. It's an imperfect system but one which is necessary in an informed democracy.
Over the final six weeks of the election season, accusations tend to fly as campaigns make that final push for votes. It's the worse time in politics. Losing campaigns tend to resort to exaggerations, name calling and sometimes bold-faced lies. That is the exact behavior we expect from State Auditor Rebecca Otto; false claims and an attempt to muddle Pat's record of excellent performance. Otto's done it before - in both her legislative race and her 2006 race for auditor. In fact, she was indicted by a grand jury for false campaign practices in 2004. Not a good thing for someone in a position which requires honesty, integrity and transparency.
So here are the facts from perhaps the most informed sources out there. Back in 2006, Pat was endorsed by every major newspaper in the state. The Pioneer Press had this to say about Pat's service: "Anderson's office has achieved a high batting average of competence and integrity. ... Her office has tackled tax-increment financing and pension reform with innovation, held TIF seminars all over the state and begun measuring the standards of its own work under a "best practices" model. ... We endorse her return to office."
The Duluth News Tribune said "Good news or bad, Anderson can be relied on to deliver the numbers."
The Star Tribune commented in their endorsement of Pat that "...Anderson seems to be doing the public's work rather well...an overall performance record and management skills that some reliable, neutral observers rate as quite good .."
And other papers like the West Central Tribune said, "With a master's in public administration, she has run an aggressive office, serving as a fiscal watchdog of the state's 4,223 local units of government. Anderson should be re-elected as State Auditor."
We lay that against Otto's self-described record of "Getting no respect." Perhaps it's because she claims her biggest accomplishments in four years were a "telecommuting policy and bigger computer screens". Oh - and she has recently added to that. Her crowning achievement is now a staff report on how to better insulate government buildings.
Let the final stretch begin!
Don't Forget (and tell your friends) - Every Dollar Helps!
These are difficult economic times, which is why getting a true Taxpayers' Watchdog back into the auditor's office is so important. Not everyone can give as much as they would like to or have in the past, but even a small contribution from each of you goes a very long way.
http://patandersonforauditor.com/donate-to-pats-campaign/
Thanks and see you on the campaign trail!
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