Letter to the Editor from Gary Emineth,
Chairman of NDGOP
Letter submitted to Valley City
Times Record*, Enderlin Independent, Litchville Bulletin and
Ransom County Gazette, Monday October 27, 2008
As chairman of the North Dakota Republican
Party, it has come to my attention that Senator Larry Robinson
feels that a postcard we put out highlighting his record on
property tax relief is a misrepresentation. If this assertion is
to be considered true, then we need some straight talk.
In the interest of fairness, the same
standard must be applied to Larry Robinson’s response ad which
ran in papers across District 24. By this standard, Robinson’s
ad presents four misrepresentations to voters.
Don’t take my word for it, judge for
yourselves:
Robinson stated in his ad that citizens
“received a flyer from my opponent Dwight Grotberg.” Anyone who
has received this mailing will already know that this is not the
truth as this piece was not sent out by Grotberg for Senate nor
was it sent out by District 24 Republicans. Dwight Grotberg’s
campaign was not responsible for the flyer.
Robinson asserts that this postcard
“alleges that I did not support Property Tax relief in the 2007
session.” This is a second misrepresentation. The text of the
flyer specifically addresses one bill and one bill alone, “HB
1051, 2007.”
The third misrepresentation Robinson is
responsible for is the way in which he frames HB 1051 as a
“defeated” bill without acknowledging his role in defeating it.
Finally, Robinson reports his “yea” vote on
SB 2032 without revealing to you that he voted “no” on SB 2032
the first time it came to a vote.
The other concern is that Robinson still
has not answered the question. Why didn’t he support Property
Tax Relief bill HB 1051?
Perhaps the record shows that Robinson’s commitment to
tax relief is shallow, which is precisely what our flyer was
intended to demonstrate.
By all accounts, Dwight Grotberg has led an
honest and positive campaign focused on his proactive approach
to the issues. On November 4th, the decision is
yours. I strongly urge you to vote for true commitment to
Property Tax Relief by voting for Dwight Grotberg.
Gary Emineth, Chairman of the North
Dakota Republican Party
*The Times
Record did not publish this letter.
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