Wendell News Outlet

In today’s (10-31-07) Eastern Wake News Mr. Buddy Scarboro ran an open letter to the citizens of Wendell in which he belittled a previous political advertisement placed by a group of citizens who questioned his qualifications for the office of Mayor of Wendell.

Quite graciously, Mr. Scarboro tacitly admitted that the contents of the advertisement were true by stating that he was “sorry for any misrepresentation on my behalf”. He then goes on to describe the advertisement in question as “slanderous”. In my dictionary the word slanderous is described as “saying of something false and damaging”. After having apologized for his misrepresentations, which were factually stated and documented in the advertisement, why then does he say it was false and damaging? Mr. Scarboro, you can’t have it both ways.

Again Mr. Scarboro shows his gracious nature by “forgiving his fellow Christian brothers who thought it so important to cast the first stone” and “as for the rest of the people who took part in the stoning, I forgive them as well”. Mr. Scarboro, I am sure the citizens of Wendell who placed the advertisement in question appreciate your magnanimous gesture of forgiveness for their having exposed your record as a town commissioner for the past 12 years. You are apparently proud of your service, at least when you attended!

The citizens of Wendell have some decisions to make this coming Tuesday when they step into the voting booth, The major decision they face is whether to let the town continue in its current downward spiral or to elect a new mayor and commissioners and move into the 21st. century. Please don’t let political rhetoric, as in Mr. Scarboro’s letter, that says nothing and blames everyone else for his inadequacies, sway your thinking. Wendell is on the threshold of an exciting new era of growth and development and we need forward thinking leaders to guide us through this period.