From Deseret News archives:
'Tricks' flayed by voucher foes
Confusing e-mail links recipients to an anti-union Web site, videos
Orem resident Ada Wilson said this week she received an e-mail because she was actively involved in "politics and policy here in Utah," from an organization calling itself Utahns for Public School not to be confused with the anti-voucher coalition Utahns for Public Schools.
But some people did.
And after a closer look, the fact that the e-mail sender clearly wasn't anti-voucher at all had some recipients scratching their heads.
The e-mail said, "If you support our cause to defeat this pro-voucher movement we would ask you to reply to this e-mail so we can build an action list of anti-voucher supporters."
It asked recipients to provide a personal e-mail address, name and contact number and then visit another Web site, www.vouchernews.blogspot.com.
That site is an anti-union blog clearly not aimed at defeating vouchers.
"I think somebody just thinks it's real cute to adopt something that looks just like Utahns for Public Schools it is a trick to get (the public) to watch anti-union videos," Wilson said.
Lisa Johnson, spokeswoman for Utahns for Public Schools, said in addition to Wilson, the coalition received a number of calls and e-mails from others who got the "deceptive" e-mail and requested clarification.
"It was clearly intended to look like it came from us," Johnson said. "The one thing we can say for certain that it didn't come from our campaign and it's a concern for coalition members because someone purports to be speaking for us."
Johnson said her group is trying to find out who is behind the Web site and the mass e-mailing while looking into options of what sort of complaints can be filed against that person.
A Deseret Morning News inquiry submitted to the author of the blog was not responded to Wednesday.
Leaders of the pro-voucher group Parents for Choice in Education say they are not connected in any way to the e-mails.
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