08-06-2018, 10:47 AM
A couple of things;
I just did a Google search for "Puna Neighborhood Watch" and the Facebook group led the list. They're still active, have all the endorsements still in place and seemingly have no comment on their page about this "controversy". And, in fact, whatever the original group may have as an active presence in the community they lack any immediate presence in the Search results.
I spoke with one of the other candidates endorsed and they said that the Facebook group is an offshoot of the original group. I didn't get that from reading the quote from R. Siracusa, who only referred to the endorsements as "...we don't know who did it but it's totally false...". It seems if they're an offshoot that the original group would know who they are and why they use the exact same logo and id. Perhaps this is just another Puna kerfluffle between parties that can't get along, neither willing to give an inch....
punastrong writes;
I'm having a hard time with the response by Ashley where she claims to be naive and silly. . Hmmm...."claims to be" ? Really?
As I read the reports the actual quote is, “I conduct myself with integrity, and I am a trusting person,” Kierkiewicz said. “I feel naive and silly I didn’t investigate this. Who goes around creating fake pages?”
To "feel" is not the same as to "be". AK was referring to her personal response to a situation, not an identification of self.
Joy said it best, much ado about not much.
I just did a Google search for "Puna Neighborhood Watch" and the Facebook group led the list. They're still active, have all the endorsements still in place and seemingly have no comment on their page about this "controversy". And, in fact, whatever the original group may have as an active presence in the community they lack any immediate presence in the Search results.
I spoke with one of the other candidates endorsed and they said that the Facebook group is an offshoot of the original group. I didn't get that from reading the quote from R. Siracusa, who only referred to the endorsements as "...we don't know who did it but it's totally false...". It seems if they're an offshoot that the original group would know who they are and why they use the exact same logo and id. Perhaps this is just another Puna kerfluffle between parties that can't get along, neither willing to give an inch....
punastrong writes;
I'm having a hard time with the response by Ashley where she claims to be naive and silly. . Hmmm...."claims to be" ? Really?
As I read the reports the actual quote is, “I conduct myself with integrity, and I am a trusting person,” Kierkiewicz said. “I feel naive and silly I didn’t investigate this. Who goes around creating fake pages?”
To "feel" is not the same as to "be". AK was referring to her personal response to a situation, not an identification of self.
Joy said it best, much ado about not much.