Or maybe she feared another key being put against the paint of her car, her house being egged, her yard being ripped to shreds, her tires being slashed or the countless obligatory threatening phone calls at home about what would become of her if she knew what was good for her.
I find her tenacity for doing the right thing for the people in the township admirable, in light of all she has endured over the decades when not joining in with the corrupt rotten apples.
You would find it very difficult to find anyone to speak badly of her in this area unless they are a politician, a wanna be politician or friends and family of either.