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November 11, 2001 Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
Mail letters to: Whose ox is being gored? This is what politician Bill Dwyer says (Register-Guard, Nov. 7): "Isn't it ironic that the governor gets to choose from five candidates while the board of commissioners, limited by arcane procedures, was limited to three?" And: "Prior to making any decision, I told the primary candidates myself that I believed the process was flawed." Funny, in 1991 when Dwyer was appointed to the state Senate by the county commissioners by the same process, he didn't mind being in a field of three (a field that included Lee Beyer, who would shortly be appointed to Dwyer's House seat in another field of three). But I guess fairness only counts if it's your ox that's getting gored. The same process that produced Sen. Dwyer in 1991 suddenly became unfair in 2001 when his political crony's wife, Terry Beyer, wasn't selected. Dwyer was present at the party's Senate convention meeting and knows that Terry Beyer was one of only three candidates who placed themselves in nomination for the Senate seat. But how does Dwyer "know" that the process was "unfair" because she wasn't selected at a House convention meeting he didn't attend? Two other commissioners voted to derail the legitimate process based on "knowledge" of a meeting that none of them attended. All named Terry Beyer as their example of "unfairness." What a surprise that Terry Beyer was finally named! What tipped the scales, quoth the governor, was that she's an insider. Dwyer says he has "a penchant for fairness" and that he takes "offense to political manipulation that deprives qualified people of the opportunity to serve." Me too. HART WILLIAMS, Chairman |
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