(For anyone finding this and wondering what it’s about, please read “An open letter about – and to – Ron Price”.)...
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“Losing” an election, and what I’ll do if Price vacates his seat
The News & Record today runs an article about the Ron Price situation. It’s written by Gerald Witt. And Witt gets something wrong in his write-up here: I don’t believe this was intentional, but he conveys the sense that a lot of us who are pursuing this thing with Price are doing it because we “lost” the election.
I don’t believe any of us “lost” in last week’s election, and I wrote about this at much further length a few weeks before election day. A democratic republic is not supposed to be run as if it’s a sporting event. And the sooner we move past this mentality that it’s this “us versus them/winner takes it all baby” thing, the better off we’re all going to be.
Here’s part of the e-mail I sent Witt about this…
...Dear Gerald,
I just read your article about the Ron Price situation. Just a
Ron Price is issued criminal summons over signs
Breaking now on Reidsville Review/Eden Daily News/other Media General newspapers:
...Price summoned over signs
Jennifer Williams
Staff Writer
Friday, November 17, 2006A criminal summons has been issued for school board member-elect Ron Price. Price is accused of injuring an advertisement, a misdemeanor.
Body: A criminal summons has been issued for school board member-elect Ron Price. Price is accused of injuring an advertisement, a misdemeanor. The summons guarantees that Price will be present for his 9 a.m. Nov. 30 court date.
On Monday, Nov. 7 Price was seen taking Brad Miller campaign signs along N.C. 14. Officers found seven road signs in Price’s trunk. Both Miller’s campaign and the Democratic headquarters declined to press charges against Price.
Debra Moore filed the complaint and Vernon Gammon is listed as a witness. Debra Moore is the wife of Richard Moore, narrowly failed school board candidate. It was reported in the Nov.
Ron Price now attempting to “scrub” his signs statements
If you go to Ron Price’s blog there is nothing but a single post – also dated November 9th as the previous one about the “sign incident” – only this one is concerned with, of all things, “bio fuels” (here’s the permanent link to the post). Apparently, Price is trying to hide his earlier comments regarding his being caught stealing the Ron Miller signs. Well, as of this writing you can still follow this link and read the original post he made last Thursday… but in case THAT goes missing I’m going to copy and paste the original text of his statement here for future reference:
...Thursday, November 09, 2006
Sign Incident
On the eve of the elections I came across a wrong that had been committed, signs that I had put up were taken down and others put in their place. I tried to correct it
RUMOR CONTROL: Reidsville Police Chief puts end to stories surrounding Ron Price’s car trunk
Throughout the day I’ve been trying to reach Ed Hunt, Chief of Police for the City of Reidsville. About thirty minutes ago Chief Hunt returned my call: I was really impressed that even at this late hour he got back in touch with me.
He and I made some pleasant conversation and then I brought to his attention the subject that I’ve spent much of this past day investigating. Since sometime yesterday the rumors have been flying that in addition to the seven Brad Miller campaign signs that school board candidate Ron Price had stolen, that several other signs belonging to other campaigns were also found in the trunk of his car on the night of November 6th (the evening before last week’s general election). To say that this place has been rife with speculation about what exactly was in Ron Price’s car trunk would be a severe understatement....
An open letter about – and to – Ron Price
RELEVANT BACKGROUND: On the evening of Monday, November 6th 2006, Rockingham County Board of Education at-large candidate Ron Price turned himself into the Reidsville Police Department and admitted having illegally taken campaign signs belonging to incumbent U.S. House candidate Brad Miller. The police found several Miller signs in the trunk of Price’s car (OFFICIAL REPORT: Page #1, Page #2). Price claimed that he had seen several signs that had been knocked down that belonged to Vernon Robinson, the Republican challenger for Miller’s seat and the candidate that Price had been campaigning for. Price then said that he took down several Miller signs because they were illegally placed along the road and was going to take them to the DOT. Curiously, Price replaced the Miller signs he had taken down with Robinson signs… in the same “illegal” locations.
And then the following night, Ron Price came in fifth place ...