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Libelous Content Warning

Errors in reposting of old entry:

I reverted this entry back to the content I posted back in November (making certain modifications since Mills is no longer Insurance Superintendent) because of the following errors and libelous content:

1. Old entry starts that Mills was from Middletown, but he was originally from the Town of Wallkill.

2. The police department entry was not cited, and I happen to know that the content listed here happened after Mills had left the Town Supervisor post.

3. Information about his decision to run for office again is not cited, and the quote "many political observers believe his ethical lapses will be too great a hurdle to overcome in any future bid for elective office" is not cited and has no basis in fact.

I implore users not to make any other changes which are libelous and error ridden. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knicksfan81 (talk • contribs)

Tioga County Results

Howard Mills did not win Tioga county. On election night it first appeared as though he did. However when the Board of Elections counted the absentee and affidavit ballots he lost.

Howard Mills received 9,602 votes on the Republican Party line.

Charles Schumer received 9,790 votes on the Democratic Party line, plus 647 votes on the Independence Party line and 435 votes on the Working Families Line for a total of 10,872 votes to Howard Mills 9,602.

Source: http://www.elections.state.ny.us/elections/2004/ussenate04.pdf from The NYS Board of Elections, Elections Results —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tchaika (talk • contribs)

Improvements

Going through the edit histories here, I think it was a little unfair of some editors to remove stuff from Mills' official bio becuase of "POV-concerns". That resulted in a very unbalanced article that was only negative. One time, it was removed as a "Copyvio", while the transposed official biographies of other Superintendents were left alone. One could have easily looked the claims up and then sourced them. On the other hand, these revisions of course led people of the opposite perspective to log in, delete everything negative, and flood the article with the positive. Since this article is not edited very often, you end up having a couple of months of a Mills hit piece, followed by a couple of months of a glowing tribute, composed mostly by well intentioned authors after the initial revision/blanking. I've attempted to merge as much from both sides as I can, and cite everything to allay any future concerns. MrPrada (talk) 18:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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