Will Statom, a voter registration deputy, lived many people's dreams Wednesday when he punched a journalist and a congressional candidate.
This man processes our voter registration forms. All the forms we filled out right before the deadline are sitting in the office of someone who threw a temper tantrum.
We're not sure how you feel about that, but we're somewhat frightened.
We hope the people who hired him are reconsidering his employment status.
While he was likely qualified for the job, Statom's recent actions call into question his ability to react sensibly in stressful situations. That skill is particularly useful for anyone whose job remotely relates to politics.
If his employers decide to keep Statom on staff, we think they should have him take some anger management classes.
Filing voter registration forms is a crucial job, especially in a presidential election year. The county needs someone in Statom's position who works well under pressure and comes through when it's important.
However, we understand it's difficult to judge someone's ability to handle stress in difficult situations during an interview. That's why now is the time to act.
It has become apparent that Statom doesn't handle stress well, and a witness's account of his comments indicate he was somewhat bitter about having to do his job and that there were too many registration forms.
Voting is the backbone of this country. We all have voices, and voting a sure-fire way to be heard.
Statom seems not to hold that in very high esteem, which is a huge problem.
Delaware County needs its voice heard, and we need to know our efforts to become registered voters were not in vain.
Mostly, we need to know incidents like this won't happen again.
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