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Yesterday morning Mike Lafferty, opinions editor for the Orlando Sentinel, published a piece entitled, “Sentinel endorsements are on the way – Here’s how and why we do them.” In the piece, Mr. Lafferty named the five Editorial Board members along with Columnist Scott Maxwell, as the group that will make the recommendations.
In response, I asked Mr. Lafferty in which political parties the six individuals are registered. While awaiting his response, a little bit of research into public records yielded that all six are either registered Democrats or registered with No Party Affiliation (NPA). Not one Republican among them!
You read that right: the Orlando Sentinel will be issuing endorsements without input from a single Republican.
Additional research of public records showed that the three members that are registered NPA live in Democrat households so not only do they not have any Republicans on the editorial board, these members seemingly don’t even have a Republican in their orbit.
As the Chairman of the Republican Party of Seminole County, I urge the Sentinel to balance the Board to give fair treatment to Republican candidates. Right now there are three NPAs and three Democrats. The Sentinel should add three Republicans to their Editorial Board for the purposes of endorsing candidates.
How else can they possibly have any credibility?
Linda Trocine, Ph.D.
Chairman, The Republican Party of Seminole County
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