ATU President Bud Miller sent this letter to the General Assembly today. Notice the bolded section. I just tested the link (11:23am on June 24, 2008), and it takes you to her campaign website. Totally inappropriate.
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Subject Line: Threatening YOUR job
Dear Legislator,
I thought you would be interested in the editorial by Sharon Pandak of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) at this link. As you can see, she is apparently threatening our elected leaders, possibly including you, with replacement in the event the legislature doesn’t develop a viable transportation plan that meets her agenda.
Please keep this position in mind when representatives of the NVTA ask for your support during the Special Session. Do you really want unelected boards threatening your job?
For your information, I have also attached a PDF file of an editorial we hope to have published shortly in response to Ms. Pandak’s statements.
Finally, I would note that Ms. Pandak, is a Governor appointed member of the NVTA and currently does not hold elected office. However, it is interesting to note that when one “clicks” on her link on the NVTA’s Member’s web site, it connects to her recent campaign’s web site when she unsuccessfully ran to be the Chair of the Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors. Just curious, do other public “authorities” allow their web sites to be used for campaign purposes?
Ultimately, while we may disagree on some items, we respect those from all parts of the political spectrum who hold elected office and admire their service to The Commonwealth and our Country as a whole. We believe that empty threats by unelected political wannabes are inappropriate.
Best wishes as you tackle the challenges before you.
It looks like someone has taken the campaign link off of the NVTA site as of 1:30PM 06/24/2008. Imagine that.
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To whom it may concern:
On behalf of the volunteer staff for the Authority we offer our sincerest apologies to Ms. Pandak for inadvertently linking the NVTA member page to Ms. Pandak’s “About Sharon” section located on her web site.
This was purely a mistake made by one of the volunteers helping to maintain the web site and the link was not authorized by Ms. Pandak or the Authority.
The link was established in January, 2008 after her appointment to the Authority with the intention of providing a description of Ms. Pandak’s background and credentials. The link was also established more than two months after the conclusion of her campaign. Therefore, there was no link between NVTA and any active political campaign web site as has been inferred.
As of 1:00 pm on June 24, 2008 the link was deleted and we apologize for any erroneous impression that this link may have created.
Comment by Kala Quintana — June 24, 2008 @ 4:33 pm |