Don Peterson’s vitriolic letter of last week got it all wrong.
He quoted Maya Angelo’s famous line “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Well, the first time Kathy McGuiness showed us who she was, she founded Rehoboth Beach Main Street, and her work and passion brought back and ran fireworks for downtown for 18 years. She led Main Street to success, culminating in the prestigious and hard-to-earn Great America Main Street Award.
She went on to serve for 16 years as a Rehoboth commissioner, being top vote getter in every election in which she ran. Her work as commissioner is legendary for the programs she developed, the solutions she suggested and the work she got done. Nobody works harder, gets more done, is as approachable and cares about her constituency more than Kathy. Her achievements told you who she was.
Yes, when Kathy got to Dover as state auditor she stepped on guilty toes based on facts she uncovered in her auditing work. Some people wanted her gone. So those people painted a different picture in an attempt to say who Kathy was.
This group cooked up false charges against her, which were all but one completely overturned in the courts, but they did get her temporarily out of Dover. By the way, the single charge that stuck was hiring her daughter during COVID, while others up and down the state hired family members too. And she hired her only after asking a deputy in the attorney general’s office if it was legal, and he advised her it was.
Kathy is ready to get back to work as District 14 delegate. She’s told us who she is. She’s the one who can win and keep Pete Schwartzkopf’s great works going. Yes, she may step on a few toes again, but she will get things done for you. Vote for Kathy McGuiness in the primary Tuesday, Sept. 10.
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