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longer sit on the sidelines. Republican Senate candidate Bill Hixon
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EdgefieldDaily.com.In campaign literature sent to voters on Friday, September 14, Mr. Hixon’s campaign claimed, “Internet websites are also being used to falsely attack Bill Hixon, including one website sponsored by an opposing candidate, according to official Campaign Disclosure filings.” The only website that any candidate has purchased advertising and reported such on disclosure forms is Shane Massey’s advertisement on EdgefieldDaily.com. EdgefieldDaily.com is a certified media outlet with press credentials and does not discriminate as to who purchases advertising space in our publication. Just because Mr. Massey is the only candidate that chose to advertise along side of our many other advertisers on Edgefield County’s number one daily new outlet is not our problem. When contacted on Friday Mr. Hixon claimed that he was not responsible for the mailer and suggested we contact his campaign manager. Mr. Hixon was quickly informed that we do not contact “campaign managers,” we contact the candidate since he was the one running for office and informed him he was solely responsible for the information he provided to voters. Mr. Hixon became adversarial in our conversation and confirmed EdgefieldDaily.com was the focus of the mailer by stating our 2006 report on his property values was “false”. However, Mr. Hixon’s claim is blatantly false and EdgefieldDaily.com has the hard copy of information provided at the time of the report by the Edgefield County Tax Assessors Office. In the November 1, 2006 report EdgefieldDaily.com correctly reported that his 1,632 square foot brick home on 770 Murrah Road was valued at $15.59 a square foot when, “A 2,406 home in Merriwether with vinyl siding rates a value of $67.99 a square foot with just one acre of land.” Mr. Hixon confirmed that he “gutted” the home and refurbished it completely. “What they (the Edgefield County Tax Assessor’s Office) value the property at is not my job,” Hixon said in an interview on September 6. Hixon did not refute the report at that time. In fact, Mr. Hixon said he would have to “look into that information”. In our conversation with Mr. Hixon on Friday, September 14, he claimed his property was presently valued at just over $51 a square foot, still far below that of his neighbors if true, and still $17 a square foot below that of the same vinyl sided house used in our comparison. Even if his property had been adjusted after our report, which would not have affected his tax bill at the time, his property is still below market value. In addition, Mr. Hixon is running radio ads claiming he is a “Reagan Republican” yet he was the treasurer for Democrat Tommy Moore and founded the “Republicans for Tommy Moore”. He voted in the Democrat primaries and worked to get Republicans to “cross over” to support a Democrat for elective office. So much for the “Reagan Republican” claim. Mr. Hixon did not deny his support of Democrat Tommy Moore and even admitted he expected that his support of a Democrat would cost him votes in his Republican candidacy as a replacement. "I'm sure it will,” Hixon said. In addition Mr. Hixon has been chided for listing people in his campaign literature that do not support his election. EdgefieldDaily.com has confirmed that some of those named as supporters have never given their names to be used in his campaign literature. EdgefieldDaily.com does not support any candidate for office, including those that advertise with us. We remain objective and will continue to do so in any political race. However, when anyone, even by inference, tries to discredit our reporting we will not refrain from pointing out the factual evidence supporting our reports and the false claims by anyone, regardless of who that candidate may be, even if it is an advertiser. The truth is not for sale. Editor's note: This story has been altered since its first publication to remove an editorial comment. 9/15/07 11:31 am For all
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