Can you figure out who said what?
It’s time to test your knowledge of the five Democratic Party candidates for Fayette County commissioner, based on these things said at a debate hosted by the Herald-Standard. Please circle the correct answers to who said the following: 1. “Fayette County’s not just downtown Uniontown or Farmington. Has that got us the ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ that was promised in the last election? I say, ‘No, no, no.'”
A. Vincent A. Vicites.
B. Vincent Zapotosky.
C. Sean M. Cavanagh.
2. “I intend to run a positive campaign. But I will not let anybody lie about my record.”
A. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
B. John “Sonny” Mikita.
C. Vincent A. Vicites.
3. “I am dedicated, educated and experienced.”
A. Vincent A. Vicites.
B. Sean M. Cavanagh.
C. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
4. “I’m running a campaign based on progress, not propaganda.”
A. Vincent A. Vicites.
B. Vincent Zapotosky.
C. John “Sonny” Mikita.
5. “The only thing I heard (about Zapotosky) is he used to be a driver for (U.S. Rep.) Austin Murphy.”
A. John “Sonny” Mikita.
B. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
C. Sean M. Cavanagh.
6. “I take offense to that … I was director of constituent services.”
A. Vincent A. Vicites.
B. Vincent Zapotosky.
C. John “Sonny” Mikita.
7. “I’ve been minority commissioner. It’s no fun.”
A. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
B. Vincent A. Vicites.
C. Sean M. Cavanagh.
8. “You can’t buy the respect that I have.”
A. Vincent A. Vicites
B. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
C. Vincent Zapotosky.
9. “I work for the Average Joe. One of the guys up here works ‘for Joe.’ “
A. John “Sonny” Mikita.
B. Sean M. Cavanagh.
C. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
10. “If I’m a career politician, so are they.”
A. Sean M. Cavanagh, talking about John “Toots” Croftcheck and John “Sonny” Mikita.
B. Vincent Zapotosky, talking about Sean M. Cavanagh and Vincent A. Vicites.
C. Vincent A. Vicites, talking about Sean M. Cavanagh and Vincent Zapotosky.
11. “We’ve lowered taxes the last two years. Fayette County has the lowest taxes” of any county in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
A. Sean M. Cavanagh.
B. Vincent A. Vicites
C. Vincent Zapotosky.
12. “We may have low taxes, but we’re the poorest county.”
A. Vincent A. Vicites.
B. John “Sonny” Mikita.
C. Vincent Zapotosky.
13. “All three (current) commissioners voted for that (60 percent) tax increase in 2003.”
A. John “Sonny” Mikita.
B. Vincent A. Vicites.
C. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
14. “It’s time to put political power in the hands of the people.”
A. John “Sonny” Mikita.
B. Vincent A. Vicites.
C. Vincent Zapotosky.
15. “You (Vicites) sure did stack the deck against Angela Zimmerlink.”
A. John “Toots” Croftcheck.
B. John “Sonny” Mikita.
C. Sean M. Cavanagh.
Answers: 1-C, 2-C, 3-A, 4-B, 5-B, 6-B, 7-C, 8-B, 9-B, 10-C, 11-B, 12-B, 13-B, 14-A, 15-C..
– 0 to 5 correct: Maybe you shouldn’t vote.
– 6 to 10 correct: At least you can tell the two Vinces and two Johns apart.
– 11 to 15: Perhaps you should run for commissioner yourself.
Paul Sunyak is editorial page editor of the Herald-Standard. You can reach him at 724-439-7577 or psunyak@heraldstandard.com