Just waiting for it all to end
Has it seemed like a long City Council campaign? Candidate filing began exactly four months ago.
Consider that the presidential campaign still has another year to go ... and some candidates have been running for the last two or three years. I can think of one who's likely to announce his 2012 campaign before too many 2008 primaries pass.
I like the city campaign schedule. I wish county races like commissioners and school board followed the same timetable. Filing for those 2008 offices opens in February, creating a campaign that drags on for a long nine months. In fact, I wish those races were held in the same odd-numbered years as city elections. It would create more voter interest and separate the local races from the big state and national elections.
As I've written before, I think the few cities -- like High Point -- that have switched their municipal elections to even-numbered years are making a big mistake. They'll be lost under all the attention afforded the high-profile races.
In contrast, Greensboro candidates have gotten plenty of time in the spotlight, appearing at numerous forums and drawing lots of media coverage. It still may not produce a huge voter turnout, but the people who chose to vote today should have been well-informed. I have no doubt they will select a capable and interesting City Council.
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Good points.
Posted on November 6, 2007 7:47 PM
Billy, are you blogging from the courthouse? I'll be over there in a minute.
Posted on November 6, 2007 7:52 PM
Just waiting for it all to end
I can think of one who's likely to announce his/ her 2012 campaign before too many 2008 primaries pass.*Doug
Boy! You really do you have vision for future!
According to the former Mayan Religious leaders and Priests, the world ends in 2012 with no if and buts. Which means Hillary can't rule anymore. Slick Willie is cast into the fires of Hell. The George Bush the 2d Presidental library is totalyl destroy due to a earthquake which means those humans who have fled to Mars will have no historial knowledge of him forever. Ed Cone blogging conferences will be held on the Planet of Apes in the future with less than 4 Chimps in attendence. All Taxes will cease to exsist, thus ending the Republican party Flat earth tax solution. The Greensboro gang problem will be move to the Star Wars Empire, where Snoop Dog defends the Republic with Taser guns that were on him by the Republican Storm Troopers. The eastern part of North Carolina is wash away and Raleigh becomes a Alien Lizard beach resort for weird establishment democrats. OJ escapes from a Nevada prison when the walls of the prison fall after a tribe of homosexual republican religious leaders march around it 7 times blowing horns. The antichrist turns out to be Hillary Clinton which confuses the Gay community and the Catholic church. Mitt Romney secret religious Golden undershorts turn up in a Mexican dry cleaners with a pawn ticket attached to it and owning the Dry Cleaners 2 million dollars for cleaning services.
And President Paul finally takes office with the Whitehouse being on Venus.
Posted on November 6, 2007 8:27 PM
I'm glad the right person won in District 5. Trudy Wade is exactly the kind of government watchdog and fiscal conservative that Greensboro needs on the City Council.
No disrespect to Sandy Carmany, who is an honest, hard-working official. But she had become too close to the current administration, which isn't a good role for any elected official. She also hasn't show the same kind of spending restraint that Dr. Wade had on the County Commissioners and will bring to the City Council.
As a taxpayer who believes government spending is too high, I'm glad to have Trudy Wade back on board.
Posted on November 7, 2007 9:59 AM