First, I have to say I find the way that this is being done wrong. There's no other way to view this than a purposeful attempt to create a different outcome for this appointment. It sends a very wrong message, it cries out "We can't win the right way". Secondly, if Taylor is going to vote, it should be based on who is the best candidate to be appointed to Toledo City Council. If she truly believes that is Lourdes Santiago then she should publicly state that, as well as she should have been the one to go on record that she was not going to waive the five day waiting period for an automatic recount. (More details are in the title linked Toledo Blade article.)
I wanted Taylor to win the District 3 seat, I liked her energy and felt she could bring some new insight into Toledo City Council. I supported her appointment and I believed she had the ability to be her own person and not just vote as she was told. I might have been wrong when it comes to that aspect of this, I hope not.
Taylor has not come out and stated she was going to vote for Lourdes Santiago, it's being assumed that she will vote for Lourdes rather than vote for Bob Vasquez. Mike Craig has gone on record as saying he would support Bob Vasquez.
Rob Ludeman has gone on record as saying he'll support who the Mayor wants.
Frank Szollosi has stated he will support Bob Vasquez.
Michael Ashford has stated he will support Bob Vasquez.
It's also assumed Mark Sobczak will vote for Lourdes Santiago.
No one else has gone on record or been listed as an "assumed" vote for either Bob or Lourdes that I've seen. If you've heard anything different, please advise.
The last time council Democrats voted against the party's endorsed candidate, they were denied the party's endorsement. Frank Szollosi is still not listed on the Lucas County Democrat's list of office holders. The blank space remains where his name used to be, maybe as a reminder of what happens if you don't do what you are told. Then again, Mark Sobczak is still not listed, and the list was updated to include Taylor, so it's obvious there is more than just Frank not being included and Mark is supposedly one of the chosen.
Will Frank and Michael be "punished" again? Will any other Toledo City Council person's support Bob Vasquez?
I'm flashing back to an earlier column by Roberta de Boer....
:-)
UPDATE 4/23: Mike Craig and Frank Szollosi hold a press conference to ask Rob Ludeman to delay the vote.
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Lisa-
You have raised a series of excelent questions, but they are difficult to answer. The reason is that you and I think logically and fairly. As neither of us has been a politician, we do not know what goes on in their heads.
Surely we all have been exposed to what goes on in Carty's mind as he verbalizes most of it. Of course, there are also the back-room deals of which you alluded. Carty is the master of all that is wrong with the political system we have. 'The Common Good' is never the first litmus test for him when a decision is to be made. Rather, it is made on how his ego will be fed.
He is such a sorry figure [see 'The Two Faces of Carty' on my blog]and I suspect that his personality problem has worsened rather than mellowed as he grew older. Domenic Montalto is another example of a person who has become more crass and unforgiving as he aged. Perhaps living the life of a politician does that to a person; I can't say. But I have some evidence that a life of political dealing and horse-trading does not make for a more caring and mellow person.
Sorry Lisa, it appears that Sata..., umm, Carty the Passionate will get his way.
And the process will be the worse for it...
It does appear that way for now anyway. I agree the process is the worst for it with the way this was done.
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