Yesterday morning, a Republican gubernatorial candidate launched his campaign from my neighborhood--unfortunately, with a rally held on the grounds of my township's municipal complex. Here's a letter I wrote to the local paper today:
To the editor:What gave gubernatorial candidate Dave White the right to hold a rally on what ought to be the politically neutral grounds of the Ridley Township Municipal complex? What allowed him to use township police to block access to those grounds for anyone except his supporters for two hours, so that tax-paying residents (of whatever political stripe) could not get to the library, for instance?If a candidate wishes to announce his candidacy, let him rent a private space in which to do so, not commandeer a public space for his partisan purposes. If this was something the Ridley commissioners agreed to (even if there was a fee involved), I have to ask if the all-GOP members of that body would have been so accommodating to a Democratic candidate. (On the other hand, I suspect no Democratic candidate would think using public space in this way was proper.)
Anyone else have thoughts on this?
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