LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS…ALL TOO OFTEN POLITICIANS THINK THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY PLEASE. IN OTHER WORDS, ELECTED OFFICIALS OFTEN DISPLAY ARROGANCE…WHICH CAN LEAD TO POOR JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING.
TAKE THE STEUBEN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN TUNNEY… WHO HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 22 YEARS. HE RECENTLY APPOINTED HIS 36-YEAR-OLD SON TO THE $70,000 POSITION OF SENIOR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. NOW SERIOUS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT HIS SON’S EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND QUALIFICATIONS.
THAT SAID, THE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS THE DAD. TUNNEY--DISPLAYING SHEER ARROGANCE-- EXERCISED EXCEEDINGLY POOR JUDGMENT WHEN HE HIRED HIS SON AS A PROSECUTOR. WHAT TUNNEY DID WAS LEGAL. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WAS NEPOTISM OF THE WORST KIND.
IN MY VIEW…TUNNEY’S POOR JUDGMENT MAKES HIM ETHICALLY AND MORALLY UNFIT TO BE THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR IN STEUBEN COUNTY. I THINK THAT JOHN TUNNEY SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN FROM OFFICE. HE IS THE VICTIM OF HIS OWN ARROGANCE.
WITH COMMENTARY…I’M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN…THAT’S MY OPINION…WHAT YOURS?
