Chelan Brown, running against Ben Swan for a state rep seat in Springifeld has a blogger problem. Seems that participants in the Republican's forum discovered that her web site (now down) was essentially a compilation of positions and policy statements taken from other candidates running for office in places like Washington state and Connecticut. Urban Compass has the story. Ms. Brown now claims that the site was hacked, which raises other questions, not the least of which is why would someone take the time and effort on such an elaborate hack? Who in her campaign was monitoring the site and didn't notice the difference? Is campaign rhetoric now so generic that you can cut and paste together policy statements and no one notices until you happen to attach a unrelated graphic?
She also has an address problem that rivals the Awad/Hubley flap here in Amherst. Just where she lives is being challenged by another candidate in the Democratic primary.
Ms. Brown is not stranger to Springfield politics, having run for mayor at age 19 and now operates an advocacy organization. Rep. Swan appears to be above the fray. With the opposition self destructing you can sit back and enjoy the show. I don't think either challenger can topple Swan and see this more of a "getting your name out" operation for when he retires and the seat is open.
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