Ronald Saunders

==Background==
Resides in Penn Hills
==Media==
===LTE===
Swann not ready , August 2006 in the PG
Regarding George Will's July 24 column, "Swann's
Uphill Battle": Voters in Pennsylvania should decide
the gubernatorial election based on the qualifications
of the major candidates, not their race. I would
support a highly qualified African-American candidate
for governor who had a demonstrated, sterling,
distinguished track record of accomplishment,
achievement and success in the area of politics,
business, labor and industry, academia -- someone
similar to Virginia's former governor, Douglas Wilder.
Mr. Will fails to point out that Mr. Swann, unlike the
Bush brothers, has no viable executive or
administrative job experience and that most of his
experience has been on the sidelines as an ABC
football color analyst and between the two lines as a
wide receiver.
Additionally, Mr. Swann's board service on Big
Brothers Big Sisters of America and the President's
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports remotely
qualifies one to be governor of the sixth-largest
state with a budget of $26 billion. Furthermore, Mr.
Swann has a questionable ambiguous voting record,
which is evidence of poor citizenship.
Quite frankly, I am embarrassed by Mr. Swann's
affirmative action candidacy, which is closely tied to
President Bush and cohorts. All the Republican capital
and the exuberance of the Santorum campaign cannot
propel Mr. Swann out of his starting block into the
governor's race. Gov. Ed Rendell is really running
against Tom Ridge.
Thus, Mr. Swann is merely a "yes" man for the
Republican establishment whose campaign is dull,
rather boorish and lacks clarity.
RONALD B. SAUNDERS, Penn Hills
Saunders