Smokey Thomas Jumps In

Where There's Smokey, There's Fire

A promised, the Insider has taken the fine-toothed comb to the mail-out from candidate Smokey Thomas.  (And thanks again to the delegate from Region 3 for passing it along.)

Smokey comes out fighting - asserting that his record is one of a fighting president, but one who fights purposefully and successfully.  Unfortunately, the specifics of  these successes are not itemized.

Thomas' letter takes the high road only saying this about his harsh and persistent critics:

"But every silver lining has a cloud. Some members of the Executive Board are not satisfied with our successes. That is their right. But it remains my duty to do the best for our members by any means necessary and available."

Thomas, at least in this mail-out, prefers to do his fighting with the government and the employer rather than in-house with his OPSEU critics.  So far at least, there are none of the accusations and unsupported suggestions of wrongdoing that have been featured in the other presidential candidate's materials and communications.

Thomas' communication points frequently to OPSEU'snsider has seen enough evidence that there are some serious cracks at the Board level in that solidarity.  To be fair, Thomas is speaking of solidarity more at the membership levels.

We'll be looking for the details of Thomas' actual record over the last 2 years to judge those "successes."  And we'll be looking too for details of the alleged back-room deals his opponent has accused him of.  So far there is no evidence.

In the meantime....... Solidarity.