This afternoon "Transparency" Thompson kicked a Patriot-News reporter out of a press conference she called to answer questions arising from her previous attempt to answer questions.
Channel 21 News wasn't even invited to the Friday press event at LOVESHIP's worldwide headquarters.
Here's an excerpt from the PennLive report:
Harrisburg mayoral candidate and City Council President Linda Thompson held a press conference Friday afternoon to talk about her finances and her nonprofit, Loveship Inc. At the beginning of the press conference, Thompson told Patriot-News reporter Sharon Smith to leave the event.
Smith had presented a Q&A in Friday's Patriot-News in which Thompson spoke about Loveship, a no-interest loan she said she received from the organization, her collection of unemployment, and other aspects of her finances.
Linda. WTF? Are you totally crazy? You have the nerve, the unmitigated gall to claim your administration will be "open and transparent" and then start excluding members of the media you have "issues" with from press conferences? So this is what's it going to be like with you as Mayor? Good to know. Thanks for that little test drive.
She did grant an interview to 27 News. In in she concedes SIX DAYS into this fiasco that it was "a mistake" to keep the webpage up so long (keen grasp of the obvious) and claims the "Success Story" webpage will be removed by "next week."
Well, that'll be just fine Linda. You take your time. No hurry on sending that snowplow next winter either. Attempting to dismiss the website gaffe as insignificant, Thompson flippently remarked, "I don't even keep up on my campaign website."
No shit. That must be why the last "news story" on it is her primary win. And her position papers are nowhere to be found. Glad she explained that. We'll stop wasting time searching for anything of substance on her site and go back to surfing porn.
OK kids, what have we learned in the last couple of days?
- Miss Linda graduated with a degree in communications in 1985.
- She still owes $11,000 on her student loan but is on a "payment plan" to retire that 24 year old debt.
- One of LOVEship's missions is to teach people responsible money management.
- Linda is the one to trust to keep the incinerator debt from strangling us.
- A Thompson Administration will be "open and transparent."
- Linda, who doesn't "keep up" on her campaign website is getting a post graduate course in the power of the Internet.
- Candidate Thompson thinks its perfectly acceptable to throw a reporter out of her press conferences.
There will be a very important quiz November 3.
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2 comments:
How does one get 24 years to repay a student loan? What political influence was used for that nicety.
great question. sounds like a follow the breadcrumbs inquiry.
there has to be more to this.
great blog.
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