Blocked on Twitter

I didn't use the candidates' responsiveness to voters' questions and feedback as a factor in The Wheel's 2022 Voters Guide. But if I had...

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Today's blog post was prompted by a reader's comment explaining why they are supporting Eron Linn for Richardson ISD Trustee in District 2. It contained information about the different candidates' openness to communication with voters. Eron Linn's campaign website has an email address, and he replied to the reader promptly. Vanessa Pacheco's website includes a contact email as well. Sherry Clemens's campaign website does not contain a contact email address. Clemens's website offers ways to donate, to volunteer, to request yard signs, but not to communicate any other message to the candidate. Innocent oversight? Perhaps. Freudian slip? Perhaps. But with $30,000 in campaign contributions, I'd expect Clemens's campaign to be carefully managed.

In any case, I didn't use the candidates' two-way dialog with voters as a factor in The Wheel's 2022 Voters Guide. If I had, Vanessa Pacheco would have received a small plus, Sherry Clemens would have received a small demerit, and Eron Linn? Well, in spite of my reader's comment, my own experience suggests, let's say, a less than open communication style. Eron Linn has blocked me on Twitter. I don't know when he blocked me or why. Twitter doesn't notify you when someone blocks you. Regular readers know that I can be critical, even snarky at times ("sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone"), but do I cross the line into territory that an elected official, my own representative, should outright block me? I guess that's not for me to answer. In any case, I'm still not using Eron Linn's Twitter behavior as a reason not to recommend him. I have other less personal reasons for that. I'm just saying...