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		<title>Let the Games Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Shotton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the race to make political capital from the recent criminal activity in town has begun. I can&#8217;t even begin to parse the ramifications of the opportunistic pandering in the letter that Kristen Umstattd just spammed all over the front doors of the residents along Valley View Ave. in the wake of the police [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-287" title="umstattdletter" src="http://www.leesburgtalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/umstattdletter.jpg" alt="umstattdletter" width="300" height="122" />As predicted, the race to make political capital from the recent criminal activity in town has begun. I can&#8217;t even begin to parse the ramifications of the opportunistic pandering in the letter that Kristen Umstattd just spammed all over the front doors of the residents along Valley View Ave. in the wake of the police shut-down of that neighborhood Friday evening. This is <a href="http://www.leesburgtalk.com/downloads/umstattdletter.pdf" target="_blank">a link to a PDF file</a> containing a scan of the letter.</p>
<p>To paraphrase, it&#8217;s a letter on faux town stationery made by xeroxing a business card taped to a sheet of paper, paid for and distributed by Kristen, yet purporting to speak for the council as a whole. She proceeds to laud the neighbors, police, and anyone else who was remotely involved as though her imprimatur is somehow on their actions. Then in a complete non sequitur, she proceeds to pander to a very divisive neighborhood issue about temporary barricades on their street, urging people to come speak on the issue on Tuesday night (knowing full well that the petitioner&#8217;s agenda is going to be jammed with people wanting to speak on her inadequate support for town police and what she and the council intend to do to address the issue.)</p>
<p>I, for one, have no time for politicians who try to use this drama for their own gains.</p>
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