The Boston Globe, June 2nd, 2005
Robert Preer's story about Norton's Mary Steele and her improbable write-in election victory ("Novice stages ballot surprise," Globe South, May 26) was a classic case of a reporter writing only one side of a story. I was the incumbent defeated by Ms. Steele, yet Preer never saw fit to contact me to verify the facts surrounding the matter. Had he done so, the story might have read a bit differently. The truth is Mary Steele operated a "stealth campaign" up until the last days of the election. She made no public announcement that she was seeking election until 48 hours before the vote. She did t...
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