Webster Republican Chair tries to rescue embattled Chili Supervisor-
Did anyone Catch this LTE this morning in the Democrat and Chronicle? Webster Republican Chairwomen Roxanne Emler defends David Dunning’s switch to the Republican Party.
Supervisor Dunning obviously had the courage to make this change based on his conscience, which is never dictated by the “majority rule” principle of politics. Based on the fact that the good people of Chili believed in him enough to elect him supervisor, I’m sure Supervisor Dunning will still serve the people of Chili in the same manner he would have as a Democrat.
First off - WTF does this mean?
 had the courage to make this change based on his conscience, which is never dictated by the “majority rule” principle of politics
I mean, really? His stated reason was he didn’t want to run against any of the Republican board members in an election because they are now all friends. He wanted to be part of the majority. Now he is. His conscience dictated he be part of the majority.
Second - innocent question here - has Dunning, other than his pathetic initial statements, offered ANY explanation - any public explanation?   I’m guessing no. I’m guessing he hasn’t had a press conference with voters, issued via Chili access TV an explanation or any of that because we would have heard about it.
Does anyone else find it odd that the Webster Republican Chair wrote a letter to defend Dunning when Dunning doesn’t seem to want to address the issue, at least publicly, himself? Come on Roxanne - you’ve got to do better than that.
So he succombed to peer pressure? When your teenager tells you he broke the rules because he wanted to be part of the crowd, do you praise him for following the crowd, or ground him for a week?
Dunning did post a couple of times on the d & c chili blog which is generally friendly place for him. he was also defended on the blog by fellow chili board member Dennis Schulmerich. Given his platform I don’t personally see Dennis’ defense as plus. Other than that he has not to my knowledge responded publically. It has been suggested he pick a venue like the local public access channel to give a talk. I suspect he won’t do so.
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