This could get ugly...

Let's follow today's twists and turns in the good ole 97th...


Kramer begins the day with a clean campaign pledge

Translation... I think I'm ahead, so let's not discuss issues.

Lufter follows with this press release accusing Kramer of a conflict of interest. "If this is the type of ethical lapse we can expect from Bill Kramer as a County Supervisor, what can we expect from his as a member of the State Assembly?", says the anonymous writer of the release (apparently not Lufter... it is written third person).

Translation... Game on.

Kramer returns volley with this response. "It deeply troubles me that a candidate for public office could show such a lack of understanding of the processes of government. One must question the personal ethics of a candidate who would make such a personal attack. When it happened to her I was angered and sympathized with her. I question how someone who has been the target of such a personal attack could use the same tactic against someone else. The only ethics in question here are Ms. Lufters", says Kramer.

Translation... I really didn't mean that clean campaign stuff.



Lufter responds. "We find it ironic that County Supervisor would complain that this attack is personal given that it is strictly about his voting record and his conduct as a public official, while he has made false personal attacks against Chris Lufter regarding her status as a member of the Republican Party." (Apparently, this release has two or more authors.)

Translation... Kramer had one more release today than we did.

All this in one day. Tomorrow, Lufter should sign the clean campaign pledge... and then attack him again.