It was a disservice to Representative's family by the newspaper

Look, when the family of the deceased makes remarks on the race, it should be a front page story and not a letter to the editor.

Tue, 12/04/2007 - 4:18pmBy: Letters to the ...
The upcoming special election on Dec. 18 is extremely important to Fayette County. With issues like tax reform, transportation, growth, and resource management likely to take center stage at this year’s General Assembly, it is imperative that we in the 72nd District have a strong representative.

I admire everyone who is willing to step forward and run for office – it truly is a difficult and often thankless job – and I believe that Steve Brown is the best person for the job.

Steve Brown’s passion for this community is evident, and I feel he is on the right side of the issues that are most important to Fayette County.

He also has the experience and knowledge of the issues that will be essential to being an effective legislator. The quality I admire most about Steve Brown is his openness. I don’t agree with him on 100 percent of the issues, but I know exactly where he stands. I wish more politicians followed this model.

I also believe that Steve Brown cares about the people he will represent, and he will always value and honor their voices over politics and special interests.

I wish Steve Brown the best in his campaign, and most of all, I hope everyone will make his or her voice heard by voting on Dec. 18.

David Lakly

Peachtree City, Ga.

[David Lakly is the son of the late District 72 state Rep. Dan Lakly, who died in October.]

Endorsement for Brown on Front page!

Submitted by d.smith700 on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 9:22pm.

Are you kidding? In the Citizen?
The staff would be run out of town on a rail by the PAC crew and many others!
Brown was tolerated by this newspaper since he aspires to be a republican, but I doubt if he will ever learn how to be one!
I remember one newspaper run out of business several years ago in a republican town, where the name of the paper was: "so and so paper with which is combined the so and so Democrat!"
They still don't sell many ads and depend upon a subscription service and the government notices. It is a crappy paper, owned by Detroit dentists who own 40-50 of them!

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David Lakly

Submitted by Git Real on Tue, 12/04/2007 - 9:11pm.

I'm very sorry about the loss of your dad. I've said it many times and it is worth repeating; Dan Lakly was an honorable and honest man. I did know your dad fairly well and I can say that he was also a rare and honorable politician. His shoes will indeed be hard to fill. He will be missed by many of us.

Respectfully,

Git

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