War between (the) States
Now it's on my friend!
After his incredulous performance at last week's Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting and two solid days of press criticizing both him and his stance over La Puerta del Sol, States McCarter has fired back in the best way he knows how ... by misleading people!
The commissioner penned a letter to the editor to the Athens Banner-Herald in which he claimed the paper is all for the rezoning (which, they're not, for the record ... they haven't taken an official stand yet), says it's his duty to let eastside folks know the "consequences" of rezoning (though, apparently, not the benefits) and that rumors of his disputes with fellow commissioners are widely exaggerated.
The latter point is quite interesting, particularly because he admits to having a strong disagreement with Elton Dodson and then completely ignores any mention of the Carl Jordan flap. And then he continues his misleadin' ways by saying he was not directly involved with any effort to sway the opinions of eastside residents (though his newsletter begs to differ) and that the argument with Charles Carter stemmed from the perception that he was working with anti-LPDS folks.
Of course, the dispute against Carter is laughable. A quick read of the public record from last week's meeting shows that the argument was over Carter expressing some concern over validity of McCarter's "95 percent opposition" argument, and that McCarter responded by personally attacking Carter during the meeting (shown on live TV and replayed throughout the month on cable channel 7) and then twice afterward.
It's one of the weakest rebuttals I've seen in quite a while. The facts are that McCarter's methodology is very faulty, his newsletter did skew the facts to present LPDS in a negative light, the petition circulated through Cedar Creek was terribly misleading and that most of the concerns expressed over the rezoning have been answered by both Bruno Rubio and Matt Casey (as well as the fine folks at Athens Politics).
In the beginning of his letter, McCarter said he was "warned early on in my political career not to get in serious opposition with those who buy printing ink in bulk." He should probably amend that statement so that it reads he should avoid getting into serious opposition with those who demolish my arguments in a logical and reasonable manner.
After his incredulous performance at last week's Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting and two solid days of press criticizing both him and his stance over La Puerta del Sol, States McCarter has fired back in the best way he knows how ... by misleading people!
The commissioner penned a letter to the editor to the Athens Banner-Herald in which he claimed the paper is all for the rezoning (which, they're not, for the record ... they haven't taken an official stand yet), says it's his duty to let eastside folks know the "consequences" of rezoning (though, apparently, not the benefits) and that rumors of his disputes with fellow commissioners are widely exaggerated.
The latter point is quite interesting, particularly because he admits to having a strong disagreement with Elton Dodson and then completely ignores any mention of the Carl Jordan flap. And then he continues his misleadin' ways by saying he was not directly involved with any effort to sway the opinions of eastside residents (though his newsletter begs to differ) and that the argument with Charles Carter stemmed from the perception that he was working with anti-LPDS folks.
Of course, the dispute against Carter is laughable. A quick read of the public record from last week's meeting shows that the argument was over Carter expressing some concern over validity of McCarter's "95 percent opposition" argument, and that McCarter responded by personally attacking Carter during the meeting (shown on live TV and replayed throughout the month on cable channel 7) and then twice afterward.
It's one of the weakest rebuttals I've seen in quite a while. The facts are that McCarter's methodology is very faulty, his newsletter did skew the facts to present LPDS in a negative light, the petition circulated through Cedar Creek was terribly misleading and that most of the concerns expressed over the rezoning have been answered by both Bruno Rubio and Matt Casey (as well as the fine folks at Athens Politics).
In the beginning of his letter, McCarter said he was "warned early on in my political career not to get in serious opposition with those who buy printing ink in bulk." He should probably amend that statement so that it reads he should avoid getting into serious opposition with those who demolish my arguments in a logical and reasonable manner.
posted by Jmac at 10:03 AM
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