An Open Letter to Jorge Exposito and Maria Mayer
From Sherry Roberts

November 5, 2009

Jorge Exposito and Maria Mayer each asked me to endorse them in the runoff election for the Group II city commission seat.
I will not endorse Mr. Exposito because he failed what I consider to be an important test of political character. He chose not to repudiate a mailer attacking Ms. Mayer that was contrived to appear that I was responsible for it. Mr. Exposito had an opportunity to show his mettle by speaking out against it, and did not do so.

Ms. Mayer’s otherwise dignified campaign was marred by an attack mailer against Mr. Exposito from a shadowy third-party organization.
The candidates should run on their merits and the issues.

I suggest to voters that one way to decide their vote is to measure candidates by how they conduct themselves in the negative campaign environment to which we are now subjected.