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Mr. Rios, by your own words to you condemn yourself. Starting back in early April, Rios accused me, in a Letter To The Editor (San Manuel Miner) April 8th. of this yr. of charging him with colluding with other supervisors in an email that I supposedly sent to others. On April 22nd, in the same media source, I called him out, insisting that he back up his claim. Also, in his same article, he claimed to have been invited to an Oracle Neighborhood Watch mtg. and that had later been “uninvited”, inferring that I might have been behind that action. On the 22nd Letter to the editor, I again disputed that claim, and had the proof that he had actually been invited to another group’s mtg. (We The People) and was uninvited by that grp. of which I am not a member. It is apparent that Mr. Rios has singled me out, probably because I had the audacity to question some of his political motives and pointed out the fact, that he was not doing his job of representing all of the citizens in his district. A district that he doesn’t even live in by the way. As a result, he has chosen to manufacture untruths and fabrications as I have proven by his accusing me, without evidence, of making claims against him. Mr. Rios, every claim I have made against you, I can back up and have done so. Your attacks on me, are without substance and by your lack of proof and your silence in my challenges to you, shows your true nature. You can make all of the grandiose claims as to your accomplishments that you want but so can the likes of many proven corrupt politicians. They go out and do some positive Public Relations event but then turn around and deceive, lie and not do their jobs as they were elected to do. Many have been in political office so long that they forget that they were put in that position by the people and for the people. All of the people, not just for a few that are politically aligned with your own sense of what is good for them. I suggest, Mr. Rios, that if you can’t represent all of your citizens in a fair and equitable manner, and if you can’t do your job without resorting to, let’s say to be politically correct, unethical and dishonest behavior, you should resign. We, the citizens of Pinal County deserve better, unless of course, those few, who continue to disregard, ignore and are ignorant of corrupt political processes that some politicians resort to, then they deserve the corruption and unfair treatment that they will ultimately receive.
/s/ Ron Thompson
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