Politics & Government

Resident: Carolyn Cosby's Actions Show "Lack of Integrity"

Cherokee County resident John Konop is taking Commission Chair candidate Carolyn Cosby to task for sticking fliers on residents' mailboxes.

Editor’s note: the following is a letter to the editor.

Carolyn Cosby, candidate for Cherokee County Commission chair, is demonstrating her contempt for the law and a lack of integrity.

Cosby admits she solicited voters through mailboxes without using postage. Her excuse is that other politicians have done it; therefore, she should not have to follow the law.

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If businesspeople violate federal postage law, they get prosecuted; end of story. Saying it is OK because our competition “does it” would get a chuckle from the judge and nothing else.

As citizens, we see too many examples of this caviler “the law doesn’t apply to me” attitude among office seekers of both parties.

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More importantly, this kind of behavior indicates a lack of integrity that will likely be repeated, in large and small, seen and unseen ways. It is time to put a stop to it. The law applies to all of us, including politicians.

John Konop
Canton

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