PHOENIX (AP) — A hit mailer sent to voters in Gilbert that connects three Town Council hopefuls by their Mormon faith is being denounced by political leaders on both sides.
The mailer was sent by a corporate group whose backers can largely remain anonymous under the U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United.
It was immediately denounced by both sides of the highly contested Town Council battle.
The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/Pe67Mz ) the mailer is critical of Gilbert Mayor John Lewis, Councilwoman Jenn Daniels and council candidate Jared Taylor. All are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It accuses the trio in a play on the church acronym of LDS of "Loading Da Slate."
The mailer was sent by a group called Concerned Arizona Taxpayers.
dustbowl11 posted at 6:37 am on Fri, Aug 17, 2012.
Chuckles,
Thanks for the writing tips. But, having read a lot of your previous posts, I'll wait for advice from someone more qualified and informed.
chuckles3 posted at 5:28 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
'It would have been nice if the story gave details of what the rest of the mailer said. It certainly doesn't seem any worse than accusing the President of being an illegal alien Muslim. And Republicans have no problem with that. Another example of what a bad ruling Citizens United was.'
What a great gaggle of non sequiturs there. Do you use a crayon to practice your writing?
Hotcopone posted at 4:44 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Dustbow... When you have a President who refuses to release his history with college and birth, you'll have this. He obviously has something to hide because he won't release them. Some do believe he wasn't born here and he won't show how his college was paid for either. Many think he was actually born out of the US and releasing that info will show he received assistance because he wasn't a us citizen.
That makes sense... But attacking someones religion is stupid as long as the politician doesn't bring the religion into the political job.
dustbowl11 posted at 11:57 am on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
It would have been nice if the story gave details of what the rest of the mailer said. It certainly doesn't seem any worse than accusing the President of being an illegal alien Muslim. And Republicans have no problem with that. Another example of what a bad ruling Citizens United was.
Juggernaut8000 posted at 11:17 am on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Religion is a fairy tale and adults should know better than to believe in mumbo jumbo.