Also, I think it is prudent for me to point out that I have personally spoken with people in the department who have absolutely nothing to do with the Wagner campaign, and they have corroborated the claims made in the KALB report.

I do not think it is instructive for us to kill the messenger, as it were.

Instead of attempting to “out” the men who felt intimidated by these practices, Slocum supporters should be saying:

“Major Slocum does not have any tolerance, whatsoever, for the politicking occurring in the RPSO. Major Slocum takes these claims very seriously and will be speaking with his supporters inside the department to ensure that the office is not used to conduct business on behalf of his campaign. He hopes the other candidate will do the same.”

Instead, however, we’ve seen an attempt to discredit Mrs. Godard and essentially publish the identities of the men who came forward to make claims that many of us have been hearing for months now.

This type of reactionary vindictiveness is not a good sign.

Really? This is the counter-argument to the report? That KALB is simply an arm of the Wagner campaign and that the entire report is based on hearsay?

The individuals they interviewed were not “anonymous” people; their identities were concealed. There is a difference. And their claims are not hearsay; they are all speaking about their own experiences.

That said, I agree Major Slocum makes an easy target due to his position. This is obviously a close race, and things are (unfortunately) getting ugly.

By the way, I just saw Slocum’s newest commercial. It is quite good.