Maria Parra Responds To Tracy Warner’s Column
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 7/11/08 @ 7:58 am - Filed Under 2008 Local Elections, Local Politics
In his Tuesday column Tracy Warner took a shot at Maria Parra, Democratic nominee for Allen County Treasurer, by calling her recent dust-up at the Wayne Township Advisory Board “amateurish”:
Dems did field a candidate for treasurer, but Maria Parra has angered fellow party members she desperately needs with her inexplicably amateurish actions as a Wayne Township Advisory Board member
Parra has posted a response on her blog, also sent as a letter to the JG, that challenges Warner’s opinion and lays out the case for her actions:
For those who cross the “establishment” or “inner circle”, they are penalized by being ridiculed or discredited in the public forum. Sound familiar?
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I believe the taxpayers deserve a thorough analysis of the Trustee’s expenditures before asking them to sacrifice more of their hard earned money to taxes. It is my responsibility as a board member and chair of the Finance Committee to ask that budget line items be broken down by expenditures. I believe we can do better so more money can go to the poor and less property taxes paid by residents of Wayne Township. This can only be done when government executives are open, transparent, and accountable to the taxpayers via the Advisory Boards or Councils so a win-win strategy can be developed. Stonewalling of information accomplishes nothing and furthers the perception among the public that government spends and spends without benefiting the people it serves.
Warner’s column is yet another example of establishment bias in the local media. The sole reason for calling Parra’s actions “amateurish” is because the party establishment was upset by them. Parra’s job as a board member is not to be a party hack - that would be amateurish. She was elected to serve the people of Wayne Township and she is clearly doing so by giving the township’s finances a thorough review - even if the establishment doesn’t want her to do so…
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Amatuerish? As opposed to the professionalism exhibited by GiaQuinta?