By Tim Peterson
When retiring supervisor Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) announced an
endorsement for Dan Storck as his replacement, the release came through the
Mt_Vernon@fairfaxcounty.gov email.
The endorsement followed Storck’s victory over Tim Sargeant, Jack Dobbyn
and Candice Bennett in the June 9 Democratic primary election.
Use of the county email address in this instance could be viewed as running
afoul of Fairfax County’s employee handbook policy on using information
technology for personal conduct, as well as the Virginia Code.
Specifically, section 15.2-1512.2F of the state law prohibits employees
of a locality from “suggesting or implying that a locality has officially
endorsed a political party, candidate or campaign.”
Following the email Hyland’s chief of staff Brett Kenney sent out the
following statement:
“I apologize for sending the email using Supervisor Hyland’s Fairfax
County email address. When we sent the email, his Fairfax County address
automatically populated in the from line of the email, rather than his campaign
email address. It was a regrettable oversight. We should have paid more
attention to the originating email address. No county time or resources were
spent on the drafting or dissemination of the email. Supervisor Hyland wants
the residents of Mount Vernon to know that the Supervisor race is a contested
one between Supervisor Hyland’s preferred candidate, the Democratic nominee Dan
Storck and the Republican nominee, Jane Gandee. Supervisor Hyland looks forward
to a good, positive debate on the real issues confronting the Mount Vernon
District.”
Gerry "Opps Dearie" HylandThe cops protector on the board of Supervisors
The clown on the left is Dan Stroke. He really dresses like that. It's a not a joke. Electing another dummy for the cops would be a joke however.
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