Supervisor admonished over perceived cyber-bullying

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Mrs. Widawski has addressed a problem I have been concerned about for a long time–cyber bullying on blogs.  I am tired of reading the invectives of  people named ‘Anonymous’  who hurl insults, mimic, degrade, belittle, ridicule, and yes, lie about private citizens, elected officials and municipal employees.

If Supervisor Candland is involved in this behavior in any way, he needs to stop.  If he knows who is responsible, he needs to put a stop to it.  He is who profits from the attacks on everyone else while his fan club sings his praises.

This is not the first time Elena and I have spoken about this issue.  It is fine to disagree with policy,  It is fine to take on our elected officials when we disagree.  It is not fine to attack people and their families.  There is no reason to make it personal or to name call.  This standard of behavior is even more important when we speak of county employees.  They are not elected and ultimately aren’t in a political decision-making position.

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House raises debt ceiling without strings attached

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Washingtonpost.com:

The House passed a yearlong suspension of the Treasury’s debt limit Tuesday in a vote that left Republicans once again ceding control to Democrats, following a collapse in support for an earlier proposal advanced by GOP leaders.

In a narrow vote, 221-201, 28 Republicans voted with 193 Democrats to approve a “clean” extension of the federal government’s borrowing authority — one without strings attached — sending the legislation to the Senate for a posssible final vote later this week. Two Democrats and 199 Republicans voted no.

The vote came two weeks before  the Feb. 27 debt-limit deadline set by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and once again underscored the House leadership’s inability to corral Republicans behind a debt-ceiling plan. “The natural reluctance is obvious,” said Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), the chief deputy whip.

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Huckabee’s brand of slut-shaming

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When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!  Mike Huckabee apparently has never heard that wise old adage.  Huckabee needs to put down the shovel and stop digging.

politico.com:

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday defended recent comments he made about  women’s libidos, saying “it was just a colorful expression” about something  that’s wholesome and God-given.

“My point was, not that I believe this, but I said the Democrats act as if  women are only concerned about these reproductive issues,” Huckabee said on Fox  News’s “Cavuto.

Huckabee last month came under fire when he slammed Democrats for accusing the  GOP of waging a war on women.

“If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe  that they are helpless without ‘Uncle Sugar’ coming in and providing for them a  prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their  libido or reproductive system without the help of the government, so be it,” he  said at a luncheon address to the Republican National  Committee’s winter meeting in Washington.

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