Editor: I would like to comment on what I saw as a sarcastic, unnecessary public bashing of Mr. Steve Pinsonneault in this week’s Chatham Voice. Perhaps he may not have been as available to “chat” on the phone as you would like, perhaps he was out in his riding knocking on doors and talking directly to his constituents. He can’t do both.
I say this and Mr. Pinsonneault is not even an MPP in my riding. I just saw this as unacceptable, especially when the paper came out the day before, or even on election day, as it did for me.
This biased opinion could sway voters away from voting for Mr. Pinsonneault and that’s just not fair in our democracy. And yes, we still have a democracy, thank goodness.
Geoff Clement
Chatham
Editor’s note: We do live in a democracy, thank goodness. And with that in mind people have the freedom to criticize, as we did in our editorial, and this letter writer did in this space. And for clarification, our attempts to contact the MPP are for stories of interest to the public, not just for a personal chat.
