As I said I got front page news in the Herald for about 25 zeroxed flyers with big wording on the Front page about CLAIMING IGNORANCE . The paper actually got the facts wrong in regards it was not a PDC violation , and never even printed a we goofed on the back page later . When i was interviewed for the paper the reporter actually argued with me about some of my positions . I thought that was so weird . The Sun sent me a letter saying not to use their newspaper boxes . I did not find anything wrong with your coverage , and Garriddo was defensive and I totally understand that also . I disagree with her politics , but I do not believe she intentionally would do anything against campaign laws from the me knowing her from a few meetings when I served on the Human Rights Council . From your coverage i got that impression also , this was a mistake. The reporter stated he called the PDC in my case but did not get through . You seemed to do the right thing , called the source that is in charge of keeping our candidates accountable and printed what you found with an attemt to smear or cover up .

p.s Don’t let this go your head , I will criticize your coverage about something else in the future , ;0)

I don’t have anything to suggest this was anything more than a mistake, but what if there were a pattern of this? In fact, just in your comments you’ve brought up McKenna’s actions in campaigning for attorney general and the trail showing that super PAC donations go up in places where the president campaigns. Those things are worth point out, too.

I’m not eager to dwell on this kind of stuff, but when a mistake or willful misdeed happens, we’ll cover it. And I take comfort in the fact that if we didn’t, we’d get criticized for that. To be criticized for going too far is a better alternative.

Cheers.

Steven Gardner
Kitsap Sun

Look at that skewed poll. It looks like the Facebookers put the word out. Can the Kitsap Sun IT guy tell if people are voting on the taxpayer’s dime?

Just figure anything done that can be seen as helping a politician be elected that is connected with a tax payer is pro hibited . Think of that phone in the government building being paid for with tax payer money coming from a starch republican , or the other way around if your a republican in office and the telephone as being supplied by a democrat tax payer . the fax machine , the paper , time at work where your on the payroll and calling anyone connected with the campaign .