Last February, during the Wellington election, I tried to alert the voters that something was going on because the Florida Democratic Party was funneling money to our local “non-partisan” election. I turned out be right, and we learned that once again Jeremy Jacobs’ money was being routed through the state Democrats.
Our upcoming District 6 county commission election is different. I’m going to limit my comments to the Democratic primary election that takes place on Aug. 26. Once again, have you received negative postcards yet? They are mostly anti-Kathy Foster, and they come from Orlando and Tallahassee, don’t they?
In the interest of full disclosure, I am the chairman of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and the Wellington Chamber Political Action Committee, and the Wellington Chamber PAC has endorsed Kathy Foster. I support Kathy Foster, I believe in Kathy Foster, and I can’t possibly understand why some of our local politicians would endorse a Democrat in the Democratic primary when they will have to work with the Democratic nominee.
When it comes to all of the contributions from Republican state senators from all over the state for a Democrat who didn’t even live in the district until just before it was time to file, I have to scratch my head. The same thing is true of all the “consultants” and “lobbyists” who contributed to Kathy’s opponent.
As far as I am concerned, I don’t care how many negative postcards I get from Tallahassee and Orlando. Kathy is beholden to no one, highly qualified and has been here for 35 years and understands us. I have already early voted for Kathy, and I am hopping you will do likewise.
Alec Domb, Wellington
