Dear Editor:
I’ve been involved in politics for a long time and watched a lot of ridiculous accusations being made against one candidate or another, but Congressman Bishop’s daughter attacking Randy Altschuler as “anti-woman” last week took the cake!
As you know, an independent, non-partisan ethics group criticized Congressman Bishop recently in a scathing report for abusing his office and funneling nearly $600,000 to his daughter’s business. Instead of addressing this legitimate criticism about this unethical business arrangement, Ms. Bishop accused Randy of being “anti-woman” for raising the Congressman’s ethics as a campaign issue.
Anti-woman? Really? While Randy is certainly against Members of Congress abusing their office to enrich their own family as Congressman Bishop has done, he is hardly anti-woman.
Randy was raised by a single Mom whom he adores; is happily married to his beautiful wife and practicing pediatrician, Cheryl; and is the proud father of a precious little daughter named Sasha. That doesn’t sound like someone who is anti-woman, does it?
Randy’s Campaign Manager (me), Deputy Manager and Finance Director are all women. Would someone who is “anti-woman” hire women for the top three staff positions in his campaign?
The bottom line is this: A respected, non-partisan ethics group has said that it is wrong for Members of Congress to use their positions of power to enrich members of their own family. Even Democratic Congressman Steve Israel said he would draw the line at hiring family.
Instead of trying to distract voters with nonsense, let’s hope Congressman Bishop will start explaining why 30,000 jobs have left Long Island during his time in Congress and why he’s been named one of the worst ethics abusers in Washington.
Sincerely,
Diana Weir
Campaign Manager – Altschuler for Congress