A couple of random thoughts following last week’s madness featuring Bait-And-Switch Friday:
1. The Potter Family Is In Checkmate. A breathless headline on another site proclaims “The Potter Family Must Be Stopped”. Hello, is this mike on? The Potter family has already stopped itself. Velda Potter abandoned her run for reelection as Wilmington’s treasurer after Mayor Mike found a heavyweight to challenge her. She winds up in a three-way primary for mayor with Purzycki and Justen Wright. You do the math. That’s one less Potter leeching off the public teat. Charles Potter first enters the primary for the House seat he previously held, then abandons that race for a run for Councilman-At-Large in a field that features three incumbents. After much maneuvering, Potter acolyte Trippi Congo ends up in a one-on-one race with Hanifa Shabazz for Wilmington City Council President. Rysheema Dixon’s abandonment of that race makes Shabazz the likely winner. I think the Potters are checkmated.
2. The Savviest Deadline Move. I flat-out love this. You will recall my calling-out of the perfidious move made by Ken Boulden at the filing deadline. A move designed to put his choice in for the cushy position of Clerk Of The Peace with no notice to the electorate. Not so fast, my friend. In yet another Friday switcheroo, Aja Ajavon, who likely was going nowhere in her bid for NCC Council President, instead filed for the Clerk of the Peace race, meaning that not only will Boulden’s choice have to run, but she has the added disadvantage of having an opponent who has been campaigning countywide running against her. I’m voting for Ajavon on general principles. BTW, Boulden running for that state rep seat was merely a fig leaf for the orderly takeover of the Clerk Of The Peace slot. With that no longer operative, Boulden quietly dropped out of the race for the 8th Rep contest.
3. Rethugs Endorse Julianne Murray For Governor. Lest you think that this is a nod towards sanity, a brief glimpse at her website will disabuse you of that notion. Her entire campaign is about government control taking away people’s freedoms to recklessly endanger and infect others.
4. What Happened To That Challenge From An Appo Board Member To Sen. Ennis? I know that there is already a three-way, but I thought that Michelle Wall was in. Anyone know what happened?
Whaddayathink?