My apology to the P-I

Sound Politics co-conspirator Ron Hebron e-mailed the P-I's Thomas Shapley to commend him on his recent column about Christine Gregoire's bogus claim that there are tens of billions of dollars in state tax exemptions just waiting to be mined for revenue. Ron also pointed out my entry below where I wrote

Thomas Shapley rains on Gregoire's endorsement parade by pointing out that her campaign is founded on all kinds of bogus claims

Shapley replies:

Thanks, but the Shark is less than accurate when he says: "by pointing out that her campaign is founded on all kinds of bogus claims."

Nope, I didn't say any such thing. It was one reference to one comment about the tax exemptions, not that her campaign is "founded on all kinds of bogus claims."

Indeed, it is Mr. Sharkansky whose comments seem "founded on all kinds of bogus claims."

Thanks for taking the time to write, and to read the newspaper,

Thank you, Mr. Shapley, for taking the time to write, and to read Sound Politics.

Indeed, Mr. Shapley is correct. He wrote about only one bogus claim, not "all kinds of bogus claims". I owe Mr. Shapley, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and my readers an apology. The Gregoire campaign really is founded on all kinds of bogus claims, but Mr. Shapley managed to find only one bogus claim.

My bad. In the future, I will try harder not to give the P-I any more credit than it is due.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 19, 2004 09:55 AM | Email This