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Posted by bud prevost on June 17, 2009 - 4:59pm

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I am not sure if you are aware of this Howard, but the LeRoy Democratic Committee jumped all over the issue concering Jay Grasso and his posting on your sight under assumed names.

In this past week's Pennysaver, the LDC added a flyer describing what happened several months ago, even using the "sock puppet" definition. I just found it interesting that the LDC realizes the Batavian is a legitamite and viable news source for Batavia and Genesee county. No longer does the "Daily Snooze" hold the title of Genesee's only news.

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Posted by Russ Stresing on June 17, 2009 - 7:00pm

Nice catch, bud.

Posted by Daniel Jones on June 17, 2009 - 7:26pm

Howard, front-page this, just to pat yourself on the back.

Posted by Howard Owens on June 18, 2009 - 7:45am

I knew this was coming from a couple of different sources. While I appreciate the Democrats taking The Batavian seriously as a news source for their campaign pieces, I don't want to come across as endorsing the use of material from The Batavian by either political party for what might be termed a negative political ad. I can't control what either party does, but I should stay out of it. For that reason, I'm not going to put this on the home page.

Posted by bud prevost on June 18, 2009 - 8:05am

I'm glad to hear you say that Howard. That's why I took the time to recognize this. While initially I questioned the flyer, it is no different than any political smearing done in traditional election times. Kudos buddy

Posted by Onofrio A. Perzia on June 21, 2009 - 9:09pm

If The fact that Jerome Grasso performed his "sock puppet show" on this site makes it a fact. It ranks as the second most e-mailed story topic on this site. All the LDC did was present the facts to the people of Le Roy. Smear? Mr. Grasso smeared himself.

Posted by Russ Stresing on June 21, 2009 - 9:35pm

Its only a smear if someone else fabricated it.