Adding insult to injury, Council At-Large "B" candidate Courtney White, a candidate of the "libertarian" political persuasion, justifiably complains he's not only been misquoted, but that the quotes attributed to him run just exactly opposite of his philosophical beliefs.
I think you used Marcia L. White's quote as mine. I think we need to stop using business incentives, and instead need to have a fair business climate for all of Ogden's businesses, new and old.
I'll expect a retraction.
Courtney Jon White.
EDIT:
I could have misspoke in the interview. I do support small business, but not with incentives. I simply think it's wrong to ask small businesses to pay taxes while their new to the city competition is given tax breaks.
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And even at that, SE reporter Mitch Shaw can't get the story right.
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We hate to criticize S-E reporter Mitch Shaw, who usually does a pretty good job with his reporting.
We suppose he had a "tight" deadline to make.
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I know that the candidates have been asked to send their answers to some questions for the editorial board so they can decide whom to support. Perhaps that will be better.
Re: Mr. White's complaint. Please note his "edit" in which he concedes he may have mis-spoke during the interview. If that means he in fact was quoted accurately, it leaves him in the position of having complained that the SE reported what he said, rather than what he meant.
I highly doubt that any of the words of that quote were mine. I remember that interview going in a totally different direction. If that quote is based off something I mistakenly said, it was still fabricated whole-cloth
No i believe what the reporter put in the story. Your problem is that your words actually represent your position. Seeing your words in print show the voting public where you stand on issues. You now wish to change your own words to cast yourself in a better light. Do not blame the reporter. Take responsibility for your own words.
Really? Again, blaming the reporter for reporting your remarks that you now repudiate? Take responsibility for your words. But then insulting me because i cast doubt on your motives is a very convenient excuse.
I dunno, BR. I've known Mr. White, and have been in relatively close contact him since his last council run. I'm familiar with his libertarian philosophy (which I to a great extent share); and I thus find it difficult to believe the words "[w]e need to give incentives to small businesses to open in Ogden and stay open and thrive" could ever have come out of his mouth. And I can also vouch for the fact that Mr. White has been entirely consistent in his opposition to to businesses incentives (taxpayer handouts and subsidies) across the board, during the course of time I've been following his political activities.
My take? Mr. Shaw simply made an honest (but rookie) mistake.
Don't know if Mr. White misspoke or Mr. Shaw misqouted him. Do know Mr. White says the quote is not his, and asked for a correction. Given the closeness of the pending election, seems to me the SE is obligated to reply with either a correction or a statement that it stands by its story. One or the other. Soon.
Thanks for the link, Dan. I've also been informed by the ever detail-oriented Municipal Ward 3 candidate Turner C. Bitton, that there's a pending Standard-Examiner candidate questionnaire with a September 17 due date floating around out there, so I'll venture to assume that the Standard has something a little more "meaty" coming up
September 17 or October 17?
Sorry folks. October 17.
He says that he stands by the quote, so I've offered him an apology. I can say that I will not vote for giveaways to businesses in Ogden, but will instead look at lowering taxes and/or reducing the city erected barriers to business.
Stubborn, ain't he?
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