Letter from Jeanne Grampp

No Place for Washington

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is getting involved in our local race for Otsego County clerk. Washington is in a state of chaos and dysfunction at the hands of Elise Stefanik’s “leadership.” We have gone two weeks without a Speaker of the House for the first time in American history.
The question you should ask yourself is why is Washington D.C. stepping in to influence Otsego County voters on behalf of Jennifer Basile? Voters here in our communities are smart, thoughtful and deliberative people. We don’t need D.C to swoop in and tell us how to vote in a “local” election year. Why would any of us take advice from an insurrectionist who helped champion the attempted overthrow of the United States Constitution?

MacGuire Benton hasn’t asked for or taken any endorsements from Albany or Washington D.C. Mr. Benton trusts the voters of Otsego County to make this important decision without influence from far away elitists who don’t understand our communities. We deserve better. I urge you to support MacGuire Benton for Otsego County clerk.

Jeanne Grampp
Town of Richfield