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

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.

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.

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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