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Yesterday we received a letter from Michael Polaske, Chairman of the Cascade County Republican Central Committee Nominating Committee, in response to the press release we published on Monday from Roger Hagan.
We will not be publishing Polaske’s response at this time due to the nature of the content of the letter. Almost every other sentence is a personal attack on Mr. Hagan rather than a reasoned and logical response to the facts and content of Hagan’s press release, which did not mention any individual in the CCRCC by name.
We strive to be fair and will be happy to publish a response from Mr. Polaske or anyone else from the CCRCC as long as it isn’t a thinly veiled personal attack on Hagan, or anyone else, but addresses the issues.
We are not adverse to criticisms of public officials or elected representatives, Hagan is neither.
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Unless it was libelous, I think you should publish it. If it’s as bad as you say it is, it will tell us all we need to know about Mr. Polaske.
We strive to be fair and will be happy to publish a response from Mr. Polaske or anyone else from the CCRCC as long as it isn’t a thinly veiled personal attack on Hagan, or anyone else, but addresses the issues.We are not adverse to criticisms of public officials or elected representatives, Hagan is neither.
So your contributing writer’s personal attacks are fine but now you’ve found a conscience? Does the word “hypocritical” ring any bells?
“We strive to be fair and will be happy to publish a response from Mr. Polaske or anyone else from the CCRCC as long as it isn’t a thinly veiled personal attack on Hagan, or anyone else, but addresses the issues.We are not adverse to criticisms of public officials or elected representatives, Hagan is neither.
A boilerplate non-answer to a specific question? At least one of your contributing writers is well known for personal attacks yet there is never a rebuke for that but suddenly you are concerned with decorum.
Gimme a Break is absolutely correct, what a steaming heap of hypocrisy.