Sunday evening after putting my Jim Esch yard sign back into the garage I was the lucky recipient of a GOTV phone call from his campaign. After demanding an explanation as to why Esch would endorse a Republican over Scott Kleeb the caller informed me that he had an email from Jim spelling out his reasons behind the endorsement. He hoped it might shed some light as to why he did it. Of course I was very interested because there hasn't been very much coverage by the local media about it and Esch's website had zero information about it.
The email I received seems to be a memo to his volunteers. Clearly his decision has upset some in his camp. It does indeed shed light on a candidate that will do anything to get elected and shows little regard for his grassroots base.
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