I was extremely alarmed to see the large headline in the June 29 Sun Journal declaring “Woodcock got boost.” My heart immediately sank.

I thought to myself, “The candidate I had done so much research on before casting my vote had done something wrong?”

Was I betrayed by the man who claimed to be trustworthy?

The primary reason Chandler Woodcock earned my vote was his frequent declaration that “It is a matter of trust.”

I’ve witnessed more than three years of deceptive government in the form of conflicting financial reports and defiance of the will of the voters by our current governor. I think an administration appointed by a man claiming to have moral character and integrity would be a welcome change to one that governs by public opinion polls.

I read and re-read your article in a frantic search for proof that Woodcock had done something wrong or illegal, something that would break the trust he had earned from me. I found none.

Instead, I came away from the article convinced that not only had Woodcock done nothing wrong, but he also surrounds himself with people of integrity like Bob Emrich and Rep. Josh Tardy.

Your overly large, bold headline serves only to let us know that, in the coming days of the campaign, your newspaper will go to great lengths to try and frighten voters away from candidate Chandler Woodcock.

As his campaign slogan says, “It’s a matter of trust.” On this score, the Sun Journal gets no points.

Kathy Pickett, Oxford