Rob Woodard: Voters don't want someone who finger points, calls constituents names

To The Daily Sun,

In his letter of July 26, Rep. Norm Silber calls his constituents who did not sign letters to him "cowards." First, the letter writing policy of this paper prohibits name-calling. Here we have yet another politician who won't play by the rules. Second, if they did not sign their names, how does he know who they are and whether they are cowards? He needs to consider the possibility that his constituents have more courage than he has. He also needs to consider the possibility they withheld their names out of fear of retribution. Whether that fear is valid or not is, of course, irrelevant.

He goes on to say that the fiasco at Gunstock that he initiated cannot be his fault because he is only one of 18 members of the county delegation and he does not "control" them. This isn't what we want in a politician. We want someone who has the courage to stand up straight and tall and say: "I did that and here's why. I take the blame or the credit." Not someone who ducks and bobs and finger points and calls his constituents names.

Rob Woodard

Laconia