An electoral Holliday
Keith Holliday will not face an opponent in this fall's mayoral election -- unless someone mounts an unprecedented write-in campaign.
And that's not good for Greensboro.
No matter how solid a job he has done, Holliday deserves a strong competitor. Instead, he's getting a pass.
This council has had lapses in leadership and Holliday is not without some culpability.
That doesn't mean he doesn't merit re-election, but a city this big and diverse should be able to produce a serious challenger for Holliday. I've no doubt there's one out there ... he or she just isn't running.
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Allen, I don't think he's getting a "pass", I think the saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it applies here.
If Mayor Holiday were doing things like Skip Alston, and his "buddies", then YES, there would be another canidate in the race.
Posted on August 8, 2005 9:41 AM
Maybe you're right, Lilly. But I still wonder about the council's flubs on issues such as Project Homestead and the hockey team deal.
Posted on August 8, 2005 10:21 AM
I usually am Allen. *griN* *wink*
The council's flubs on issues is a whole nutha kettle-o-fish man.
Posted on August 8, 2005 11:57 AM
But I would argue that it shouldn't be, Lilly. It's part of their job performance.
Posted on August 8, 2005 12:03 PM
Argue what shouldn't be? *scratching head*
I'm in full agreement (if this is what you meant), that the council shouldn't be flubbing on important issues.
This is what the ones like Skip, his buddy Davis and a couple of others do though Allen. That and ALOT more.
It would be nice if they could put down the race card long enough to actually do something for those who voted them in, that resembled REAL teamwork, and getting some REAL issues resolved.
Posted on August 8, 2005 1:07 PM
Agreed. But that's another election in another year.
Posted on August 8, 2005 2:12 PM
Allen, would the councils' "flubs" on Project Homestead and hockey be enough for the N&R not to endorse Mayor Holliday for re-election?
Having run a campaign for local office (against Holliday in 2001, as a matter of fact), I can say that there is not much motivation to do so just so that the incumbent will have to think a little or so that the media will have a race to cover.
When, in the end, the N&R tends to overwhelmingly endorse incumbents with the "logic" that a few miststeps do not warrant their replacement, the N&R should be the last to bemoan the lack of competition for Holliday's post.
Posted on August 10, 2005 10:06 AM
The truth be told, Roch, we don't want candidates to run merely as sparring partners for incumbents.
Or merely to give us something interesting to write about. The voters deserve real choices.
But the newcomers need to be serious about running. As I have written before, too many of them neglect to do their homework or to prepare adequately to run.
Some (yourself definitely excepted) seem to run on impulse, as if they got up on the last day to file and decided they wanted to be mayor.
More on this in a soon-to-come post and our Thursday editorial. (Sorry this response is so late. I was overwhelmed upon returning from out of town).
Posted on August 10, 2005 7:57 PM
Allen, you are too kind. I look forward to your editorial.
Posted on August 10, 2005 9:03 PM