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Johnson's picks
I had a chance to catch up with Mayor Scott Johnson this morning. Mostly, we were talking about the indoor recreation center, but I did ask him about who he would like to see elected in the November election. There wasn't really anything surprising or unusual about his picks:
"I would back an incumbent, and I think Commissioner Ivins has done a good job, so I hope to be able to continue working with him," he said. He added that he has worked well with Democrat John Franck, who is running unopposed. "I'm glad that he is (unopposed)... I've found that he's not tied to party politics."
Johnson also noted that Public Works will be an interesting race, but doesn't give Independent Party candidate Ed Miller much of a chance. "It would be historic if a third-party challenger was able to beat an incumbent," he noted.
In the public safety race, Johnson said that he would back GOP-endorsed candidate Richard Wirth, noting that he is "very qualified, given his background."
We didn't talk about the race for County Supervisor, although I think it's fairly safe to assume that Johnson will back Matthew Veitch, and since both Veitch and Democrat Joanne Yepsen are virtually assured re-election, he may well have positive things to say about Yepsen as well -- but again, we didn't talk about that.
Like I said, no surprises here.
"I would back an incumbent, and I think Commissioner Ivins has done a good job, so I hope to be able to continue working with him," he said. He added that he has worked well with Democrat John Franck, who is running unopposed. "I'm glad that he is (unopposed)... I've found that he's not tied to party politics."
Johnson also noted that Public Works will be an interesting race, but doesn't give Independent Party candidate Ed Miller much of a chance. "It would be historic if a third-party challenger was able to beat an incumbent," he noted.
In the public safety race, Johnson said that he would back GOP-endorsed candidate Richard Wirth, noting that he is "very qualified, given his background."
We didn't talk about the race for County Supervisor, although I think it's fairly safe to assume that Johnson will back Matthew Veitch, and since both Veitch and Democrat Joanne Yepsen are virtually assured re-election, he may well have positive things to say about Yepsen as well -- but again, we didn't talk about that.
Like I said, no surprises here.
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
4:12 PM
4 Comments:
Could you ask Kim if its true that he plans to make Peter Tulin city attorney.Thanks.
wow, it seems as if johnson dodged that question about the public works race. in the article, he never said he endorsed him. were the comments that didn't make the paper just as ambiguous, or were you able to get more of a direct answer.
Scott Johnson thinks private investigator Dick Worth has the qualifications to be Public Safety Commissioner? What a laugh!
Sneaking around back alleys, peeping in bedroom windows, and trying to get photos of cheating spouses doesn't seem to have much to do with running a professional police department, a professional fire department, and a public health program.
Dick Worth is about as qualified to be Public Safety Commissioner as Scott Johnson is to be Mayor, which means he's not qualified at all.
Demroc: Johnson did also say that he backs all of the endorsed Republican candidates. I don't think there was any ambiguity about who he would back in the DPW race.
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