I Get Letters...

Apparently I have readers in the Lowe Building, and in these closing days of the General Assembly session, some of these readers have little to do than catch up with some of my old writings:

Subject: You Fool
From: "Delegate Don Dwyer"
Date: Wed, April 05, 2006 2:49 pm
To: brian@briangriffiths.com

Brian,

Just thought you should know that the entire delegation DID NOT SUPPORT HB24. McConkey, McMillan and Dwyer opposed the bill and the option to make it a delegation bill. If you question my information, please contact Del. Love.

A PDF copy of the e-mail is here. The post referenced was posted six weeks ago, and apparently the issue is that I wrote:

It seems like that even the House Delegation cannot decide on which bill it supports. Some delegates support HB24, some delegates support HB1375. The situation is so completely out of hand that Delegate Dwyer is, according to the Capital, in the absurd position of opposing a bill that he is sponsoring.

Now to be fair, Don Dwyer did vote against the bill in the delegation meeting and voted against the bill on the floor.

However, that does not change the fact that Don Dwyer was a consponsor of the original version of the bill when it was prefiled by he and Delegates Leopold, Busch, and Love in September.

Nor does it change the fact that Dwyer co-signed this factually incorrect letter to the editor to the Capital, along with John Leopold, in response to a letter I sent blasting HB24.

What I don't understand is why Don Dwyer flip-flopped on this important issue. Why sponsor a bill if, ultimately, you choose to vote against it?