Dec 17, 2014 2 min read

I have never heard so much whining since the day I announced I was filing for a divorce.

Referring to state Rep. Jesse White and state Sen. Tim Solobay, both of whom were defeated at the polls last month, Washington & Jefferson College professor Joseph DiSarro said it correctly: “Neither candidate viewed the results as the will of the people.”

One-hundred percent of Washington County’s registered voters hopefully woke up on Election Day in November, and if only around 40 percent decided to go to the polls, that was also the “will” of the other 60 percent of the electorate that did not go.

I do vividly recall that neither Solobay nor White ever had 100 percent of the electorate vote for them in previous elections. I also recall that Solobay never publicly complained about, nor appeared to have a problem with, sitting on a corporate jet plane while being flown to a Super Bowl game in Texas. He also did not complain about taking campaign contributions from the wealthy people he is now whining about.

DiSarro also stated, “To continue campaigning after the voters have spoken is a mistake, and it’s bad form.”

As my father always said, “If something does not go your way, you only have yourself to blame.”

Rebecca L. Simpson

Washington