Craig Litwin's Politics as Usual:

[Michael Anthony]

As published in the Sonoma West Times and News [Thursday 9-15-16]:

Both sides

EDITOR: For the sake of continued transparency, I recently met with a public affairs firm in Santa Rosa about my campaign for Sebastopol City Council. After that meeting and subsequent discussion with persons belonging to the political establishment of Sebastopol, I was told that this public affairs firm is despised locally and if word got out about my meeting, it would ruin my campaign.

In fact on August 14th, Noreen Evans attacked this same public affairs firm on her Facebook page by sharing the firm’s claim to be “working at the intersection of business and government” and she then asks, “Where is the public interest in that intersection?”

Craig Litwin, the write-in candidate for Sebastopol City Council has publicly endorsed Noreen Evans for Supervisor. Nevertheless, on that same day that I met with the Santa Rosa public affairs firm detested by Ms. Evans, Craig Litwin had just finished his meeting with the same firm. Mr. Litwin’s meeting was right before Lynda Hopkins who had her meeting just before mine.

Does Noreen Evans know about Craig Litwin’s business relationship with the public affairs firm named as her nemesis? If so, she should ask Craig about the “intersection of business and government” and where his public interest is because evidently, Mr. Litwin is clandestinely playing both sides for his own personal gain in what he calls “politics as usual.”

Michael Anthony Carnacchi
Sebastopol

[Michael Anthony]

Remember this 2014 mailer paid for by the first Political Action Committee to Oppose a Candidate in Sebastopol history formed by Craig Litwin for the sole purpose of assassinating the character of fellow resident Jonathan Greenberg.

In 2014, I advocated on this Anti-Greenberg Mailer thread for Craig Litwin and Larry Robinson to publicly stand up and be accountable for their actions. Neither one had the courage to do so and no apology was ever offered to Mr. Greenberg. When Johnathon asked Craig to apologize he said that is was "politics as usual" and offered no apology.

If Mr. Litwin thinks that his action is "politics as usual" it naturally follows that Craig is a "usual politician."

[Blackwidow]

Litwin Consulting Sebastopol lists his 14 year old daughter as principal. What's up with that Craig. Maybe Olivia is more knowable and might be a better write in...in say 10 years or so. So, he can't even be honest with his consulting business documents, can we trust him enough to write his name down. He can't write it on his business plan.

https://www.manta.com/c/mb0557m/litwin-consulting.

This is not the man for this job. Having known him for many years his philosophy is winning at any cost.

He is unaccepting of new ideas, and is never, ever wrong. He thinks way too highly of himself, and thinks the rest of us are sheep.

thinks he can saunter in and win simply because folks might recognize his name.

and the cronyism https://craiglitwin4council.com/

Sebastopol needs fresh ideas, new blood, not politics as usual.

[Barry]

Litwin Consulting Sebastopol lists his 14 year old daughter as principal. ...

Having known him for many years his philosophy is winning at any cost.

He is unaccepting of new ideas, and is never, ever wrong. He thinks way too highly of himself, and thinks the rest of us are sheep....

... https://craiglitwin4council.com/

Sebastopol needs fresh ideas, new blood, not politics as usual.

Well I suppose I am glad to see some interest in the upcoming Sebastopol City Council election, even if it's this lame anonymous hit piece from someone that clearly has an axe to grind. Care to step out of the shadows "Black Widow" and take responsibility for your comments and explain them? I didn't think so...

I encourage everybody to check out Craig's excellent website at https://craiglitwin4council.com/ where you'll find his qualifications, positions and a host group and community endorsements including from yours truly.

[rossmen]

I did not like his answer to the question about the approved highrise hotel downtown. He avoided it by yapping about the permaculture skill center, not even in town. Political arrogance at its best!

[Peacetown Jonathan]

I do not know who 'Black Widow" is, and I agree that people ought to add their names to comments like that.

What surprises me is that Barry has decided to endorse Craig Litwin for City Council.

Barry makes this endorsement knowing full well that:

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1) During the council campaign two years ago, Craig Litwin, while working as a paid lobbyist on behalf of Sebastopol to promote the city's four new utility taxes, created the very first "opposition" (negative) political action committee in Sebastopol's history. The sole purpose of this PAC, which was named "Sebastopol Unified for Effective Leadership to Oppose Greenberg for Council, 2014," was to raise funds to send a smear mailer to every household in Sebastopol. (Elections document showing Litton's address and name attached below).

2) Because all of the positions that I had taken and was standing for were in the public interest, the smear mailer (attached below) did not question my actions, but focused instead on attacking me personally as "Inexperienced, Confused and Unqualified."

3) Having known and worked with me personally for seven years, Barry is aware that the smear mailer was hurtful to me, that it was untrue, and that it was a clear manifestation of the very type of dirty politics that Barry professes to oppose on this community forum

4) Barry is also aware that when I brought the smear mailer up with Craig at the onset of this campaign six weeks ago, instead of apologizing for it, Craig stated to me, "That's politics Jonathan. Get used to it."

This is exactly the sort of gutter politics that disgusts ordinary citizens, deters almost everyone from running for public office, and turns many off from taking an interest in civic engagement or voting.

Like my worthy co-candidates Michael and Neysa, I am committed to running a civil, friendly campaign worthy of a community that calls itself Peacetown, USA.

It saddens and disappoints me to see that Wacco founder Barry Cherov has selected not one of us, but the only candidate in our city with a demonstrated record of practicing gutter politics, as worthy of his endorsement.

...I encourage everybody to check out Craig's excellent website at https://craiglitwin4council.com/ where you'll find his qualifications, positions and a host group and community endorsements including from yours truly.