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An Open Letter to Kari Chisholm

Submitted by Andrew Gorry on May 8, 2008 - 9:33am.

On the recent attack website you launched for Jeff Merkley, novickinsultsdemocrats.com, you used a substantial amount of work that I, and others, created for the Novick campaign and claimed credit for it as your own. This work includes graphics, logo design, photography, and layout design.

A quick look at the CSS file you are using (to the non-Web savvy, the CSS file is the program that controls the look and feel of a website) shows that it is an exact copy of the one I created for the Novick for Senate campaign. Here is a link to the CSS file you published, and here is a link to our published CSS file.

Yet despite copying and pasting my work onto your own server, you label the site as "Powered by Mandate Media." And in the comments on your blog BlueOregon.com on May 7, 2008 9:20:16 PM, you stated, in response to a question about who had built the website, "Yes, I built that one-page website."

No matter what field you work in, copying another person's work and publishing it as your own is an extraordinary violation of professional ethics. I ask you to immediately remove the content of this website and replace it with a public apology for your unprofessional conduct.

Sincerely,
Andrew Gorry
Online Director
Novick for Senate

 
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re: An Open Letter to Kari Chisholm

Submitted by Rev. Chuck Currie (not verified) on May 8, 2008 - 12:55pm.
I'm very upset to see how the Merkley campaign - instead of taking on the issues - has gone negative. This new website is just the latest example. They can't win unless they tear down others. Reminds me of a guy named Gordon Smith. We need someone better than that in the Senate. We need someone who has principled, progressive values. We need Steve Novick.

Merkley should pull negative ad, return to issues

Submitted by G. Prescott (not verified) on May 9, 2008 - 2:08pm.
Jeff Merkley has departed from the issues and resorted to Rove-esque out of context slices to unjustly paint Steve Novick as out of sync. It's time Americans take a stand against the swift-boaters and professional spinners. Good luck Steve.
 
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