To the Editor:

Roger Martindell’s letter of February 12, [Proposing an Open Democratic Primary To Offset PCDO’s Endorsement Meetings”] is correct in describing how a candidate can win the endorsement of the club. He is mistaken, however, in suggesting that this endorsement has any further implications in the primary race. It is bragging rights, but nothing more. The Democratic County Chair(wo)man decides who goes in the column and who is permitted to use the slogan: “Regular Democratic Organization.” The only group who is, by statute, empowered to advise the chair(wo)man is the Democratic County Committee. This committee is made up of one man and one woman from each election district, elected in the primary in each even-numbered year. And, in fact, it is these elected representatives who elect a chairperson one week after the primary. I hope this clarifies the situation. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a member of the executive committee of the PCDO and the Democratic Committeewoman in District 5 of the consolidated municipality; I was the longtime Committeewoman for Township district 13.

Ginger Lennon

Pardoe Road