Fresno council Democratic candidate apologizes for Auschwitz image in campaign flyer

[Newsjock]

Source: Fresno Bee

A campaign flier from District 7 Fresno City Council candidate Mike Wells is drawing fire from the Christian and Jewish communities for its use of a Holocaust image.

The mailer, sent to homes on Saturday, shows a rundown building surrounded by barbed wire with a wooden sign.

A closer look of the image reveals what looks like a building from the Auschwitz concentration camp, according to a couple religious leaders who joined City Council Member Clint Olivier at a Monday afternoon news conference to call for the removal of the mailers.

... Wells apologized Monday afternoon and said he did not know where the image came from. "I am as surprised as anyone, and if true, sincerely apologize for its use." he said. "Anyone who knows my heart and long history of working for disadvantaged and ethnic communities realizes this was unintended."

Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/05/3911137/jewish-christian-leaders-decry.html?sp=/99/217/&ihp=1

[Journeyman]

1. I'm more offended he made claims but couldn't find local images to back them up. . .

If, as his mailer claimed, the Republican has a record of "selling out our neighborhoods while taking money from developers and corporate interests," why wasn't this illustrated with images from Fresno? Why ask his designer to find a generic image of urban blight? How would a picture of modern Cleveland illustrate his point better than a picture of his own city sold out to corporate interests? If you're going to levy charges, prove the charges. Don't settle with simply proving you're an idiot and your graphic designer a moron.

[Niceguy1]

2. but it . isnt modern Cleveland

It is clearly the death camp. Dumb move.

[Journeyman]

3. Who said it was Cleveland? . . .