If you're like me, you don't much care about endorsements. However, I am very interested in what a candidate will do and say to get that endorsement, especially when that candidate takes a stand on a policy issue.
Or worse, they lie.
Unions typically expect candidates for office to show solidarity by purchasing their signs through a union printer. The proof of that is shown with a symbol called the "union bug," which denotes information about the union who is associated with the printing shop.
Priya told the unions she was using a union shop to make her signs, but it turns out that's not true. Her signs were made in a non-union shop in Texas, and the sticker denoting the union bug is a fraud designed to deceive folks into believing that the sign was union made. The union bug is for a union in California.
Now to be fair, the unions have forgiven Priya, excepting her explanation that she was unaware of the deception, but I have a hard time believing that a Patton attorney and nuclear engineer would be so stupid as to not make sure her signs were union made before telling the unions they were.
In short, I think she's lying.
Regardless of whether you believe a candidate should use union signs or not, I think we all agree that a candidate should be truthful about it.
After all, if Priya lies to some of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the state to get their endorsement, what lie is she is willing to tell you to get your vote?
Or worse, they lie.
Unions typically expect candidates for office to show solidarity by purchasing their signs through a union printer. The proof of that is shown with a symbol called the "union bug," which denotes information about the union who is associated with the printing shop.
Priya told the unions she was using a union shop to make her signs, but it turns out that's not true. Her signs were made in a non-union shop in Texas, and the sticker denoting the union bug is a fraud designed to deceive folks into believing that the sign was union made. The union bug is for a union in California.
Now to be fair, the unions have forgiven Priya, excepting her explanation that she was unaware of the deception, but I have a hard time believing that a Patton attorney and nuclear engineer would be so stupid as to not make sure her signs were union made before telling the unions they were.
In short, I think she's lying.
Regardless of whether you believe a candidate should use union signs or not, I think we all agree that a candidate should be truthful about it.
After all, if Priya lies to some of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the state to get their endorsement, what lie is she is willing to tell you to get your vote?
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