The Sierra Club is polling candidates via email for endorsement purposes and at least one candidate did not respond after 17 days and so the club wrote to him (and possibly other candidates) the following:
On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:39 PM, david prosten <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://us.mc537.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dprosten@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dprosten@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Candidate:
We have not seen a response yet to the candidate questionnaire sent to you July 31, with a request that it be completed and returned by August 15 if you wish to be considered for endorsement by the Anne Arundel Sierra Club . In fairness to those candidates who have taken the time to offer, and put on record, their positions on environmental issues in the city, we will be unable to consider endorsements of any who do not respond.