http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050629/NEWS02/506290367/1020/NEWS04&template=printartEvery village is suspected of having one, but a private e-mail mistakenly gone public from a state legislator possibly assigned Brewster (NY) more than its fair share.
In an e-mail inadvertently posted this week to Brewster10509, a Yahoo group focusing on local issues, Assemblyman Willis Stephens, R-Southeast, referred to the members and their Internet opinions as "watching the idiots pontificate."
Stephens, an attorney, followed about an hour later with an apology — a mea culpa he stood by yesterday. He blamed his misplaced missive on his dismay over his expected 2006 primary opponent hijacking his name for a Web site address.
The posting sparked a criticism from his opponent and various opinions from residents participating on the site. Comments ranged from forgiving Stephens for his boo-boo to politics-is-politics remarks. Others faulted Greg Ball, a former Air Force officer planning to challenge Stephens next year, for an insincere denouncement of the lawmaker's faux pas. Many, though, adopted a tongue-in-cheek attitude.
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