Opinion
MAIL CALL: I was ‘appalled’ by mail with ‘outright lies’
Malakoff — To my fellow Kaufman and Henderson County residents,
I was appalled to open my mailbox, and find a piece of mail from State Representative Betty Brown filled with outright lies about Lance Gooden and his family.
I can vouch for Lance personally. He is truly one of us. Having been his 7th grade teacher before moving to Malakoff, I was filled with pride when he walked across the stage as the class Valedictorian of Terrell High School.
Lance is a product of our community. When Betty Brown accuses Lance of being an outsider, she is insulting me and every teacher who played a part in his education, every coach who worked with him on the field, every pastor and Sunday school teacher who nurtured him spiritually, and every friend or neighbor who watched him grow up into a successful businessman right before our eyes.
If Betty Brown were tuned in to this community, she would know how instrumental the Gooden family has been, and how we are all keeping them in our prayers as Lance’s father, Coach Tom Ed Gooden, is bravely battling cancer at M.D. Anderson. To attack the Goodens during this time is truly one of the most hateful, un-Christian acts I have ever seen. It proves that Betty Brown will say anything in order to maintain her political power, even if it is hurtful to hundreds of people in our community.
I hope the voters will reject this kind of gutter politics this year, and join me in supporting our native son, Lance Gooden.
Randy Perry
Malakoff
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