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Kim for Mayor
At their meeting tomorrow, the City Democrats are expected to endorse Ron Kim to run for Mayor in November's city-wide elections.
Other nominations are expected to include Supervisor Joanne Yepsen and Commissioner of Accounts John Franck.
Other nominees will include Kevin Connolly (to run for Public Safety) and Peter Martin (to run for Finance).
The Democrats do not yet have a candidate to run for Commissioner of Public Works, or the second Supervisor position.
Of course, this could all be turned on its head tomorrow, should committee members decide, as they have a right to do, to nominate candidates for additional from the floor of tomorrow's committee meeting.
As I pointed out earlier this week, John Franck is one person who could see a challenge from within his own party.
No matter how the Accounts race looks, it seems that the Democrats are poised to take a risk with Kim. While some bloggers are persistent in their distaste for the commissioner, he did handily win re-election over Richard Wirth in 2007. Although much has changed since then, it seems to me that Kim has retained his popularity among the police and fire unions, along with the left-leaning half of the city, and would there, in my estimation, be likely to win a third term as Commissioner of DPS.
I don't know Connolly, so I won't be so bold as to assess his chances, but I do think it's safe to say that the seat is now in play for both parties. Similarly, although Martin will face an incumbent Ivins in the Finance race, that seat too is in play.
So, there you have it: seven positions up for election. Two each seemingly safe for the Dems and Republicans (one supervisor each; DPW for GOP and Accounts for Dems -- even if it isn't Franck). That leaves us with three contested seats, with the balance on the council hanging -- in the balance. Hold your breath to see what happens...
Other nominations are expected to include Supervisor Joanne Yepsen and Commissioner of Accounts John Franck.
Other nominees will include Kevin Connolly (to run for Public Safety) and Peter Martin (to run for Finance).
The Democrats do not yet have a candidate to run for Commissioner of Public Works, or the second Supervisor position.
Of course, this could all be turned on its head tomorrow, should committee members decide, as they have a right to do, to nominate candidates for additional from the floor of tomorrow's committee meeting.
As I pointed out earlier this week, John Franck is one person who could see a challenge from within his own party.
No matter how the Accounts race looks, it seems that the Democrats are poised to take a risk with Kim. While some bloggers are persistent in their distaste for the commissioner, he did handily win re-election over Richard Wirth in 2007. Although much has changed since then, it seems to me that Kim has retained his popularity among the police and fire unions, along with the left-leaning half of the city, and would there, in my estimation, be likely to win a third term as Commissioner of DPS.
I don't know Connolly, so I won't be so bold as to assess his chances, but I do think it's safe to say that the seat is now in play for both parties. Similarly, although Martin will face an incumbent Ivins in the Finance race, that seat too is in play.
So, there you have it: seven positions up for election. Two each seemingly safe for the Dems and Republicans (one supervisor each; DPW for GOP and Accounts for Dems -- even if it isn't Franck). That leaves us with three contested seats, with the balance on the council hanging -- in the balance. Hold your breath to see what happens...
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
3:58 PM
4 Comments:
Ron can and will win. Shauna Sutton,the deputy mayor, is Johnson's biggest liability and she is seen by many in City Hall as a mean, angry and incompetent person.
As this campaign ramps up I am sure there will be many concrete examples presented.
Johnson, for his part, is a humorless man who seems to have no real interest in the greater community and views his office as some possession like his collection of fancy cars.
Both he and Sutton seem to take great pleasure in beating up on the "little" people and employees.
To bad Kim is leaving the public safety office, A democrat finally has the blessing of the police and fire department and he goes and leaves them, I was looking forward to seeing him win another term in the Public safety office but now I don't know what his intentions are. leaving them out in the cold like this is truly troubling.
An inanimate carbon rod would be a better candidate than Ron Kim. If Johnson doesn't win, it will be solely due to his unpopularity, not Kim's candidacy. And if that's the case, I weep for this city's future. VOTE TUNA...TUNA POWER!!
Did anyone notice that the Human Resouces Manager for the city Marcy Bridges has left the city. Who is going to cover that position? Shauna Sutton?
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