The
Carefree/Cave Creek Chamber Forum on February
13 should be a reminder to the citizens
of Carefree just how far Mr. Coady and
his three handpicked candidates for Carefree
Town Council will go to make headlines.
Hours
before the event, they all backed out,
and the reason–Mr. Coady’s pathetic assertion
that because I’m a candidate for town
council and my wife Joanne Gemmill, is
the past president of the chamber, this
“gives the perception of special interest
and impropriety.”
If
Mr. Coady had done his homework, he would
have discovered that my wife in January
had recused herself from any involvement
with the chamber forum, as I had decided
to run for town council.
I
apologize to those Carefree voters who
made the effort to attend the forum, only
to find four empty seats.
It
is unfortunate that Mr. Coady and his
“no‑shows” find it necessary to
unfairly criticize the chamber and more
importantly, accuse my wife and myself
of such an indiscretion in hopes of furthering
their campaign effort.
Robert
J. Gemmill
Carefree
