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-ftappaijannocfe J&etosEstablished 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Mary Ann Kuhn, Editor Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler, Executive Vice President To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $21 a year in Rappahannock County $27 a year elsewhere in the United States Back Copies: Recent 2 months, 50 cents Older copies to 1960, $5 (as available) Office: 249 Main Street. Washington, Va. Mailing address: P.O. Box 59 Washington. Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 e-mail: makuhn@timespapers.com Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations www.TimesCommunity.com THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2003
Our View
About Mills & Makela
At first this editorial was only going to be about Wesley Mills, but then, he is where he is publicly because of Ron Makela. We have received a number of letters to the editor about Mills. More will be published next week. They are urging Mills, currently chairman of the Rappahannock County School Board, to run as a writein candidate for the School Board, after he was disqualified for violating the state election law. We join with those voices. We do not hold Mills in disdain. Far from it. We saw the court drama when he unhesitatingly stepped up to the plate and pleaded guilty last week. We saw how he was overwhelmed by the fact he felt he let everyone down. We do not criticize Ron Makela for checking into Mills' petitions and learning that they all were not witnessed properly to make them valid. This is a political campaign and each candidate wants to win. No doubt, if Mills had learned the same information about Makela, he would have brought it to the attention of the registrar.
Everybody's antertnaeds up during a campaign. We also witnessed Mills at the courthouse and there is no doubt in our mind he was sincerely unforgiving of himself. It is time now to move on. Mills has cried in public. Makela has made his mea culpas to us for having to be the person who first disclosed this unhappy state of affairs. Time can be unforgiving and painful until we give it more space and then it slowly begins to bring us back to the way it was. In a way. And in a way, maybe Wesley Mills did let us down somewhat. And maybe Ron Makela was a competitor who brought news we didn't want to hear. Point is, let's move forward, for the candidates and the voters. And, should Mills decide to run as a write-in, may the voters say who they want to be the winner in all this.
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