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Jody.Sweeney
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Posted: Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 10:20 pm |
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Email letter to Friends of Jody Sweeney:
Please forgive me for using my email contacts to spread a message about my campaign. Many of you may not even live in the 5th Levy Court District, but I am hoping my message will resonate with you and you will discuss my campaign with those who do live in this District.
My name is George “Jody” Sweeney. I have lived in Kent County for all of my 48 years. I am happily married for going on 23 years, with four children, ages 29, 26, 19, and 16. My wife and I have two grandchildren, ages 4 and three months, with another on the way.
In the 19 months since the Special Election in2007, my resolve to win the race for 5th Levy Court District Commissioner has grown steadily. Generally, I am concerned about the direction of the District and County has taken with respect to development and how it will affect our children. I want open space and good jobs so that our children can stay close.
My opponent has flipped on issues from reassessment to higher taxes, open space to property rights. He tells residents what they want to hear, and then votes in favor of special interests. My opponent has skirted discussing the issues with me, choosing instead to attempt to have me terminated from my job by submitting my name to the State Auditor.
I am the candidate who supports Open Space. I was in favor of the 2007 Comprehensive Plan in its original form when it restricted growth inside and outside the growth zone. Mr. Edmanson voted against this Plan because the Farm Community opposed it. I also supported the 2009 County Budget, which increased the Farmland Preservation from $250,000 to $1,000,000. This funding is for the promotion of Open Space preservation in the County. Mr. Edmanson voted against this plan. I opposed the Camden Comprehensive Plan to annex existing developments on the east side of Rt 13, and the annexation of farmland for development purposes. On one 170-acre plot, the plan is to build 1,200 homes. Mr. Edmanson said it was a good plan.
I am the fiscally responsible candidate. I was in favor of the 2009 County Budget, which avoided raising taxes and had a provision to eliminate jobs in the County that are vacant for two years. This automatically makes government smaller without any effort. Mr. Edmanson voted against this budget.
I am the candidate who will be responsive. In 19 months since the Special Election, I have provided assistance to residents for a failing community sewer system, storm water drainage, electrical problems with DP&L, Tidewater flushing of their pipes, dedication of roads for State Maintenance, providing information for the West Dover By-pass, setup of trash and streetlight programs, and trash cleanup. Mr. Edmanson waited 18 months before attending a homeowner association meeting for a problem that has been going on for FIVE years! Customer service is one of my greatest assets. If a homeowner comes to me, I will respond or will take the issue to the next level myself, not pass it on to someone else.
I am the candidate involved in the community. I attend the Camden and Wyoming town meetings on a monthly basis. I am a member of the Wyoming United Methodist Church where I am a team member of the Family Emergency Relief effort, Security Watch Team, and regular greeter. I am a member of the VCF Ruritan, a community-based organization in Viola. I have coached soccer or baseball in community programs for 25 years. I have been a public servant for nearly 19 years with the State of Delaware, most recently with DelDOT. As a manager with DelDOT, I was the lead witness in protecting employees’ jobs when they were unjustly terminated a few years ago.
I am asking for your support on Tuesday, November 4th. If you are not in the District, I am asking that you contact anyone you know from Rodney Village to Viola, and Wyoming to the Dover Air Force Base to encourage them to get out and vote.
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Jody.Sweeney
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Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 11:05 pm |
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This will be the last post until after the election. I did the same thing for the Primary. It is important that you look at all of the issues surrounding the 5th District, and not pay attention to the rhetoric shown here in these blogs. Many of these blogs more than likely come from the same person, but they are all the same. They tend to inflame the situation and do not stick to the issues. I have posted a number of times my position on the issues and why I think I am a better candidate than my opponent. Please check out my information on my website, http://www.friendsforjodysweeney.com. Email me: jody@friendsforjodysweeney.com. call meL 697-3778. write me: 846 Moose Lodge Rd, Cam-Wyo, DE 19934. All of this information is important to a resident in the district, and nowhere to be found on my opponents website, media ads, or campaign literature.
If you want continued development, schools, roads, and emergency services lagging behind infrastructure. If you want prperty taxes to incresae just to pay for that infrastructure. If you want developments out in the more rural areas of our County, then by all means, vote for Mr. Edmanson on November 4th. If these things bother you, and you want to change how Levy Court and the 5th District Commissioner represents you, vote for George Sweeney on November 4th.
It has been great posting and sparring with all of you. I am glad that you are all so invovled in the political process that you participate in the newest of Town Meetings in the forums. I will post again after the election. When I win, I will post to say thank you, then sign off to provide a better method of communications to the constituents in the District.
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Jody.Sweeney
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Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 04:07 am |
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The man is not on the run. The man is right here. I will respond to both posts about me then nevermore, except the issues.
1) Hap McGee, Gators, RightWinger, Truth n Justice, my God, I hope your parents did not name you these names. How embarassing for you while you grew up. This is an old topic.
2) I was Mr. Edmanson's supervisor at OIS, and would not use my position at DelDOT to gain that information. Nor would I use it (its illegal). Threaten? yes, I apologize.
3) The information about previous commissioners is MY OPINION. I did not name any particular Past Levy Court Commissioner and because of that, no malice was intended to any one in particular. There are probably 120 past Levy Court Commissioners. If someone disagrees with my opinion, the NEWSZAP WebMaster has a recourse:
We believe that the public forum gives everyone a chance to express their opinions on local issues. If citizens disagree, we expect them to disagree without being disagreeable.
We hope individuals will speak to issues and not engage in personal attacks or “bullying” of other members. If the latter occurs and a complaint is sent to webmaster@newszap.com, members may have their registrations immediately withdrawn and be asked to seek out a different website to express themselves.
4) At the American Legion debate, September 25, WG patted me on the shoulder and thanked me for not letting the campaign get dirty. He had already taken it dirty by then with his comments to Mr. Bush.
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Hap McGee
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Posted: Mon Oct 27th, 2008 06:51 pm |
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Friends,
George "Jody" Seeeney cannot win the Levy Court Seat for the Fifth District. The simple fact is that the man, in my humble opinion, is unfit for public office.
Let's briefly examine the issues, using Mr. Sweeney's own words from this very forum.
1. Jody Sweeney creates, and has used, aliases on this forum, admittedly, to advance his vitriolic, and often defamatory, political agenda.
Mr. Sweeeney's own words:
"I claim URKidding (started as a way to provide information about the campaign financing for Sean Lynn) and my own name. having been involved with computers all of my life, it is pretty easy to create an alias that can't be traced"
"TNJ, I started the kent5thres id, but turned it over to a friend after I had a discussion with the Mayor of Camden and use of the forums. I started using my real name for everything, but chose to create URKidding to make some points about Sean Lynn. I thought it would be better to remain anonymous."
"I am not asking for you to come clean, I would not have had I not messed up. "
And, most tellingly, and most duplicitously, Mr. Sweeney will have conversations with his aliases, and they'll even slap each other on the back:
"URK is right, though".
2. Jody Sweeney is a bully, and has threatened to use information gleaned from his supervisory position at DelDot to harm his political opponent.
Mr. Sweeney's own words:
"I have known Mr. Edmanson for nearly eight years. WG, do you REALLY want me to go into why you were hired at OIS or exactly what the Operating Room Shift Supervisors thought about your performance? As the Manager of that Division, I have that information for the years I was there, and have since discussed that very issue with those who worked for me, who you worked for. You choice.... [sic]".
3. When confronted, Jody Sweeney accuses, without any evidence, his critics of having committed crimes.
Mr. Sweeney's own words:
"Let me relay Mr. Edmanson's campaign strategy: 2) take down my opponent signs"
"I have lived in this county for 48 years. For the last 22, I have been heavily involved in the political environment and know exactly what happens. Look at a couple of homes owned by past Levy Court Commissioners and the driveway installed for another past Levy Court commissioner! Those are special interest paybacks for a job well done. Am I saying that Sean Lynn would do the same, absolutely not. I am saying that the historical precedence is there. Those Commissioners were funded by real estate special interests and they were justly compensated for turning the other way as the county open space was raped. "
Mr. Sweeney, accusing individuals of having committed a crime is libelous. You have not produced a shred of evidence to back up any of these allegations.
4. Mr. Sweeney "cries wolf".
Any individual can review Mr. Sweeney's posts, extending back for months, and clearly see how he likes his politics - DIRTY. Yet, of late, when his own actions begin to reflect poorly on him, he cries wolf and accuses his opponent (who has the good sense not to stoop to posting here) of dirty politics. Laughable.
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Jody.Sweeney
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Posted: Wed Oct 22nd, 2008 06:34 pm |
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Please note that as I write this, I am on vacation from my state job. It really disheartens me that my opponent has become so desperate to win this seat that he will stoop to any level of dirty politics to win. Making a false, yet anonymous, accusation to both the State Auditor's office AND the Delaware State News is dirty. What he did not know, was that the Office of the State Auditor will not publish the results of their findings, and only the desperate attempt to discredit me will be what everyone sees.
Voters in the 5th District, do not be mislead. Mr. Edmanson hardly speaks at all, let alone speaks for you. He is the lone stand out on every issue, and it makes him think he is a maverick. He does listen to farmers, and stands for them. In his world, farmers will be able to put 100's of homes on their farms, without regard to schools, roads, emergency services, water, or the effect on residents around the area. I will not let that happen!
Let me further my political campaign right now! Vote for George "Jody" Sweeney for Levy Court to the 5th Levy Court District Commissioner. He, and only he, will represent the residents of the district.
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