Fair campaign committee sides with Feld
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In a decision issued late last night, the The Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee sided with Republican state Senate candidate Liz Feld in one of two complaints she filed against state Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, the Democrat Feld is seeking to unseat today in the 37th District.
Specifically, the committee said it was unfair that Oppenheimer put out campaign literature that claims “Only one candidate for state senate is proposing to cut property taxes†and that “My Republican Conservative opponent supports merely capping increases to school taxes.†Feld complained that she has consistently been in favor of property tax relief, and that in addition to capping school taxes, she is also in favor of other policy measures that would likely reduce property taxes.The committee found she was “indeed in favor of property tax reduction” and Oppenheimer’s statements “exaggerate the difference between the two candidates on this score and are therefore misleading.”
The committee declined to take sides in the second complaint filed by Feld over mailings from the Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion-Political Action Committee in support of Oppenheimer that labeled Feld “anti-choice.” Feld bills herself as “pro-choice” in the abortion debate; the committee said such labels can cover a wide range of positions on the issue and “falls within the scope of political debate.”
The committee has no power to fine or sanction the candidates but does publicize its findings in an attempt to promote fair play. Earlier in the campaign, it found against Feld for a mailing that purported to be from Oppenheimer over a missed tax vote.
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Greg Ball and his supporters all say that the Fair Campaign committee is all liberals and always side with the Democrat.
Now what? Could they have been right about Ball and his smear campaign against Degnan?
As we all know, even the broken clock is right twice a day.