WDT: Mayor vows to stay on the job in Gouveneur...

     OK, the mayor of Gouverneur has judgments filed against him and a broken relationship. Mayor Christopher Miller took office under a cloud as his past criminal record is not normally the stuff of candidates for such an august office.
      Yet, despite what seems an unlikely candidate for high office, Mr. Miller won. Why is that ? Were there no candidates of vision and virtue ?
       Surely, not everytime a judgment is filed against a public official does that become news. Bankruptcies are often not in the news and broken marriages and relationships, even when fiery and same sex are not always written about.
      Mayor Miller must have reached some kind of critical mass where the amount of stuff going on merits a public airing and the chance for him to deny he will resign.

       There is a matter of proportionality when reporting on the personal issues of elected officials...Certainly its fair game and Constitutionally protected to a very high level.
        Just remember, that the "failings" of many people in government or in high profile positions of great influence are not always reported.
        It does sound like the Mayor has more than a few distractions, but he did win and must rally his abilities to do the job expected.  When the going is tough, the tough keep their head up and their mouth shut and soldier on.
       In the end, voters can judge.
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