Another C. David Howell?

The Forks Action Committee (FAC) has posted the following statements on their blog and website regarding the thus far four announced candidates for Board of Supervisor.

• "We are proud to present these fine men for your consideration."
• "The last four have passed through FAC’s qualification process."
• "All four are worthy candidates"
• "These outstanding Forks residents have completed FAC candidate questionnaires and gone through our review process."

While we appreciate FAC's intentions, we must never ever forget that it was the Forks Action Committee who gave us C. David Howell. Supervisor Howell offered great campaign promises but thus far has failed miserably and seems to have forgotten everything he wrote in his November 1, 2005 campaign letter.

For better or worse, candidates Chuss, Billings, Egolf and Wideman will be judged by the company they keep, which naturally includes Supervisor C. David Howell.

We wish them all the candidates well but they should all know that because of their apparent close affiliation with FAC and C. David Howell, the public will be very suspect of their campaign promises as they will be forever tied to him.

We urge the entire leadership of the Forks Action Committee to reveal their own identities so that when they deem candidates as “worthy” their fellow residents will know exactly who is qualifying candidates. They should also better explain their “review process” as well as make the residents of Forks Township aware of their own qualifications that enable them to determine which candidates are indeed capable to successfully serve the 13,000+ residents of our community. This will give FAC standing in this area as working in the shadows brings into question exactly who is making these statements on candidate qualifications.