--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Leach's tenure repreesenting the District in which Fairfield resides > is a long one. I was at MIU when he won over the incumbent Ed > Medvinsky (who was later convicted of some sort of fraud and may > still be in prison over it). > > Medvinsky was scheduled to come to MIU to speak during the campaign > but never showed up. So his wife came a few days later with > apologies (his wife several years later became a Congressperson > herself) and spoke on his behalf. > > Leach also came to campus to speak and spoke at the learning center. > > The TMO spin on all this would be: Leach got the support of nature - - > and the electorate -- because he showed up at MIU. Medvinsky didn't > because he was a no-show. > > Leach must be going on almost 30 years representing that district... > >
********* Mezvinsky is in the slam: http://tinyurl.com/yn99f7 until 2008: http://tinyurl.com/ydyu5e It's ridiculous to say that the TM would apply such a spin. The guy was a crook, never mind that he was unable to show up, a lapse common in campaigning and for which he apologized and sent the old lady, who was obviously a good pol, since she won office in PA later: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Margolies-Mezvinsky To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/