Friday, January 13, 2012

Chamber President Sets the Record Straight on the Ridgewood Blog

In response to a story published on the Ridgewood Blog titled

BREAKING : Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Rejects Paul Arohnson Endorsement

Which wrongly accused Councilman Paul Arohnson, Village Liaison with the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce, of seeking political re-election endorsement over other Councilmen. The article went on to claim Mr. Ed Sullivan as the advocate to have the Chamber back Paul Aronsohn. A supposed heated arguement ensued and the Chamber declined the request.

The fake article went on to state "Several of the Chamber are now reportedly seeking to replace Mr. Aronsohn as Liaison who is viewed by many as a failed career politician; insensitive to the needs of local residents and businesses."

Setting the Record Straight

Chamber President wrote on the Ridgewood Blog
Wow... I'm not a regular reader of this blog since I've heard you cannot believe some of the articles, and this article confirms that to me. The question brought up by a board member at our monthly meeting was... can the Chamber make any re-election or new endorsements? We reviewed the section in our bylaws forbidding political endorcements and we moved on. Hardly "heated discussion" and there was no absolutely no mention of Mr. Aronsohn or his performance as liason or council member. Seems like someone has an hidden agenda and is misinforming the public.

Tom Hillmann
Chamber of Commerce President

We agree with you Mr. Hillman The Ridgewood Blog does have an agenda.  How well it is hidden could be argued though.....  Looks to us like the Killion bought and paid for blog is trying to distort the facts once again!

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha....the yellow blog got caught in another lie.

that is great!

nice try Tom and Keith.

you both have no creditability

Anonymous said...

I am not surprised but I sure should be. Apparently Tom and Keith will go to any lengths to discredit Paul, even lies if necessary. This type of blatant political bashing is unprecedented in the history of Village Politics. Never in my many years of living in the Village have I ever heard of such bashing of local politicians. So why is this happening now? What is the motivating factor for all of this? Only Keith and Tom can answer that and I sure would be interested in knowing why they have taken our local politics to this level.

Anonymous said...

They must be really afraid that Paul will win reelection. He is the only one on the council that isn't a puppet to Gabbert like the others.

Anonymous said...

paul is the only one who has tried to represent the voters the others just love giving raises and spending our money

Anonymous said...

Let the games begin

Anonymous said...

Ridgewood Blog = Dirty Politics

Anonymous said...

I am glad Tom Hillman spoke out on this fake article. Thanks Tom.

Anonymous said...

Other lies told on the Yellow blog

Keith is honest!

Keith only wants what is best for Ridgewoood!

Keith cares about Ridgerwood!

Gabbert is a good Manager!

I could go on but you get the idea.

Anonymous said...

I am shocked that the ridgewood blog posted Hillmans comment.

But then I am sure they realized that the word would have gotten out anyway so they had no choice.

The truth is a hard thing to fight!

Anonymous said...

The Patch has a good article on this subject on it's web site.

Anonymous said...

Hmmmmm which one is that slander or libel?

Anonymous said...

slander

saying of something false and damaging: the act or offense of saying something false or malicious that damages somebody's reputation

false and damaging statement: a false and malicious statement that damages somebody's reputation

utter slander against somebody: to make a false and malicious oral statement about somebody


Libel

1.defamation: a false and malicious published statement that damages somebody's reputation.

2.attacking of somebody's reputation: the making of false and damaging statements about somebody

3.written statement: the plaintiff's written statement in a case under admiralty law or in an ecclesiastical court

Looks like Libel to me!

Anonymous said...

dirty tricks politics only work if you don't get caught......ooopps

Anonymous said...

I thank the Views for posting and clarifing the matter of Aronsohn supposedly seeking the endorsement of the Chamber which has correctly come to light as being blatently untrue. On the allegation that Killion bought and payed for the blog I must respectfully disagree. It is my belief that Keith is a man of honor and would not stoop to such a low deed or even condone it by others. In the absence of definitive proof I believe our Mayor should be given respect and the benefit of doubt.

Anonymous said...

no one wins when wthey play dirty

Anonymous said...

I just love reading the comments from the anonymous imbeciles on the Ridgewood Blog attacking others by name. Shame they don't have the BALLS to put their name to their comment then we would know who the village idiots really are!

Anonymous said...

All of the village idiots hang out in the same place......the Ridgewood Blog!

Anonymous said...

You said it 11:23am....what was your name again!! Imbecile!

Anonymous said...

Dom Nizza recalls how the Village Council lost $500,000 for failing to use the Maude Thornton Bequeath funds for a Youth Center. Posted by Dom Nizza.

Anonymous said...

Lets see 10:45 if you have the balls....My name is Chris Addison. and your name is?

Anonymous said...

looks like his name is no balls 11:35