Wednesday, May 18, 2011

They Doth Protest Too Much

The Centreville Taxpayers Association is alleging opponents of proposed low-income housing are the victims of “dirty tricks.”

Now we have seen anonymous posting of letters on the web, attacking some of those citizens who have signed the petition. Without knowing the source of these anonymous attacks, they are clearly from those in support of the project, whether in government, development or simply other citizens. In one instance, an anonymous letter has been sent to the employer of a signer, suggesting the employer should know of the anti-development sentiments of his employee. The employer, as you may have guessed by now, is a firm specializing in commercial property development and ownership.

These anonymous writers have named and attacked one signer because he is currently unemployed, another who experienced financial difficulties, another for personal problems of another nature. One writer stated, “You are a bunch of snobs. Stop attacking Council members who actually try to make things better.”

Curious that CTA provides no evidence of these “anonymous attacks” on the web or provide the email sent to the employer of the petition signee. CTA only provides a response to the allegations.

Check the comments on the petition site http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/centreville_low_income_housing/signatures?page=1

Where are these anonymous attacks on petition signers? Were they removed? If so, why?

Seems to me CTA would want to show proof of such dirty deeds. After all with a couple taps of the keyboard screen capture technology allows them to insert such visual evidence into a Wordpress blog post.

Speaking of the Citizens for Greater Centreville blog, that is a Dan Worth project.

You may remember Worth as the guy who impersonated a Centreville Town Council member to make her look bad and “drag her name through the mud.”

That these allegations—with no evidence provided—were made on Worth’s website should cast doubt on the veracity of such claims, and bears the mark of a half-assed false flag operation, which given Worth’s history and the less than honest track record of his compatriots is not beyond the realm of possibility.