Is Cecil Yates supporter Vincent Cannarsa challenging hall-of-famer Ginny Dickey to a Fountain Hills volunteer duel?

His letter last week sounded like a bitter case of “What have you done lately?” Ginny, indeed, has continued to be involved in the betterment of our community, albeit in ways maybe Cannarsa doesn’t value, including fundraising for public art.

It is laughable that he has a statement that starts “for all of 2018” (in his false opinion, Ginny hasn’t been active) when it’s only April. Let’s try “for all of the last 35 years” and see how Cecil Yates fares.

Ginny was an unpaid school board member for eight years. Is Vincent Cannarsa questioning the public service of school board members because it is an elected position? She has served on multiple town, service club and school committees and the PTA board, not to mention classroom helper, chaperone and yes, town councilwoman. Does the writer’s candidate volunteer around town, or have much history of pitching in at the schools? Do we really want to “go there?”

Several of Ginny’s family members are veterans, active or first responders. Does Vincent Cannarsa know what she has done in that regard? Who is he to pick and choose what charities or causes are worthy, including the arts? It is well-established that the theater and her sisters, who he maligns, contribute much to this community. Comparing decades of support for services to – say, constructing half a mile of road someplace over twenty years – is silly.

Try as he may, writing a letter on the false premise that Ginny Dickey somehow hasn’t volunteered the right way, or recently enough, will fall flat from the weight of its own absurdity.

Vote Ginny for mayor.