Today's Blade focuses on Lucas County Commmissioner candidate George Sarantou pointing out that not all of Lucas County Commmissioner candidate Ben Konop's campaign materials have been bought locally:
denouncing Mr. Konop for veering 1,080 miles away from Toledo to hire Designer Graphics, of Tyler, Texas.
As the Blade article mentions this is not the first time the issue of campaign material being bought out of Toledo has been raised. I know we discussed it then but this again raises the question, of campaigns and buying local.
So how do you feel?
A) A candidate should buy local no matter the price
B) A candidate should buy local if the price is close
C) A candidate should buy what is most cost effective no matter the location
D) This shouldn't even be an issue
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Candidates and Toledoans should buy local when the price is close. I have a very small business and I often purchase supplies on-line. I always compare prices before I purchase though. It only makes sense to find the lowest price and if the price is reletively similar to what I can get here then I buy local. Even with this philosophy I consider myself to be a staunch by local supporter. And, if a candidate is smart enough to realize that he is saving money by going somewhere else then that candidate is more likely to do the same thing for us when he is in office.
When the price is close, absolutely. When it's not, forget it. Just like the new city ordinance about flying out of Toledo Express.
I think the answer to the question depends upon whether you're spending your OWN money or someone else's...
I can make the choice to spend a bit more for something in order to support a local business.
But I don't think it's responsible to spend more when entrusted with someone else's money and with the responsibility to get the BEST price for a product of service.
Besides, in this instance, Ohio law prohibits the county from having a 'local preference.' Ohio law requires that the county purchase as the best/lowest price - regardless of location of supplier.
Then you would pick: B) A candidate should buy local if the price is close
:-)
My understanding is that despite buying some campaign materials (brochures) from out-of-town, Ben has still spent more total dollars locally than Mr. Sarantau.
It goes back to Ben being a typical hypocritical politicain. In one of his dozens of press conferences covered solely by the Blade and Lisa, he touted by local. It's even on his blog, one of the few entries he did. I have no problem with people saving money by not buying local but that was not a caveat that Ben put in his plan. BEN IS A OPPORTUNIST, HYPOCRITE AND TYPICAL POLITICIAN! I kno some on here are infatuated with him so you are unable to be objective which is really too bad.
The irony of the accusation being made about "some people" not being able to be ojective when it's done by an anonymous commenter that makes some pretty negative statements isn't lost on me.
I've contacted every single candidate and told them I would present their press release material here. I personally contacted George Sarantou because he wasn't sending me material and I wanted people to have information on his campaign too so they could make an informed decision. I'm not selectively putting information on my blog - I've put press releases and media releases that I don't necessarily agree with so that YOU the reader can make up your own mind. However, if the campaigns don't send me the press releases? There is not much I can do about it. If the campaigns don't let me know about events or forums they'd like me to try to cover, there is not much I can do about that.
If I was trying to be biased I would be doing things a lot differently. So anonymous, I'll tell you the same thing I told Waterville Dem - if you think you can do a better job at providing the information than I've done? Start a blog, we need more people covering local politics. I'll even do whatever I can to help any of you who want to blog. I can't cover everything, and there is a lot that does get missed.
:-)
"D" however as long as it's politics...
Ya gotta love the pettiness of the current election cycle. . .
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