Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
There is a group of people who would like to *take back the town.* Run
it like
the old days.
This is paranoia on the part of Rybak supporters. It has no basis in
fact. There are always people who want to be in public office. All of
them know other people in public office. That they know each other does
not equate to that they agree with each other.
The implication above is that McLaughlin would "take back the town" and
"run it like the old days." McLaughlin is some type of bogeyman in this
scenario. Not at all true. McLaughlin's winning would mean he would take
the town, not take it back since he never had it, and run it like
McLaughlin would run it.
IMO, McLaughlin would do a much better job than Rybak for several
reasons: McLaughlin's more experienced and better seasoned, while Rybak
is a neophyte; McLaughlin's bright and proven, while Rybak hasn't done
such a good job and I hold up the mess that is MCDA-morphed-into-CPED as
first and most damaging to the city among his failures. McLaughlin's got
really sturdy sticktoitiveness, i.e. light rail, at least a ten-year
endeavor so far, but, more importantly, one which required him to
maneuver among competing interests, including those luddites who don't
think light rail is even necessary. Considering the cost of the initial
outlay, that is quite something as an accomplishment for any politician.
McLaughlin is better at assessing situations and choosing strategies
based on those better assessments.
To put a cap on this, McLaughlin has better sense than to think you can
jump into being an effective mayor of a large city when you have zero
experience in politics (heading the citizen's airport noise group does
not qualify, particularly since Rybak seems to have dropped that
endeavor like a hot potato).
WizardMarks, Central
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