The Capital Times reports on the Madison mayor, who said he was not running for reelection. That happened last July when Soglin was running for governor. But he lost badly in the primary. Soglin had created an opening that encouraged many new people to run for Mayor:
Since mid-summer, seven candidates have filed initial paperwork for the mayoral race: Ald. Maurice Cheeks; former Alds. Brenda Konkel, executive director of the tenant Resource Center, and Satya Rhodes-Conway, who works for the UW-Madison think tank Center on Wisconsin Strategy; Raj Shukla, executive director of the conservation organization River Alliance of Wisconsin; Toriana Pettaway, the city’s racial equity coordinator; Madison firefighter and former School Board member Michael Flores; and comedian Nick Hart.
Now, Soglin says "I made a miscalculation in July. I thought I would not be up for another campaign after the governor’s race. I am." As if it's was always only about his predicted energy level.
In July, Soglin said he believed that between six and eight consecutive years is an appropriate length of time for a mayor to serve, and underscored, “I can assure you there will not be a third sequel.”
“Eight years is a long time,” he said this week. “(But) the last two months, especially the feedback I’ve got in terms of handling the storm, has been very invigorating.”...
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Everyone is telling me to stay.
How can I disappoint the citizens I love?
Maurice Cheeks the pro basketball player?
Handling the storm? Wouldn’t Public Works, Police and Fire have done all the work?
Might as well take credit for the Badgers crushing the Corn.
The Politburo serves for life.
I presume many of the other announced candidates are Soglin allies. That’s awkward. But if Madison wants the aged Hippie, why not another four years?
Look for Hillary to announce that the feedback she’s been getting has been invigorating.
Someone needs to tell this old white male to fuck off and die. He's obviously a racist and misogynist. Why is he blocking the rise of PoC or women. He must be a Republican.
So Madison has a racial equity coordinator. One day all cities will have an official whose job is to coordinate racial equity.
Translation: "My expected job offer at the law firm / bank / consultancy fell through."
Welcome back, my friends
To the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
Translation: I lost. Give me my sinecure back.
Sorry, Tom T. I didn't see yours.
I assume what's going on here is that a lot of people are telling Soglin that the declared candidates will ruin the city and he has to stay in to save us. I'll leave it to others to flesh out how and whether that's true.
Both Soglin and Walker, career politicians, should step down and join Hillary to serve weak tea to the public.
i assume none of them has ever had a real job?
Where is Soglin's commitment to diversity? Shouldn't be step aside for a minority mayor?
The blue model failures just keep piling up.
David Begley said...
Handling the storm? Wouldn’t Public Works, Police and Fire have done all the work?
Might as well take credit for the Badgers crushing the Corn.
10/19/18, 6:47 AM
Doesn't he have some potholes to fix? Or is it coffee to pour?
"“(But) the last two months, especially the feedback I’ve got in terms of handling the storm, has been very invigorating.”..."
That's the weed talkin'
Ugh.
I hope his opponents ask how the situation for Blacks has improved under his "leadership". Repeatedly.
Let's ask how water rates have changed under his tenure.
Why do the roads in this town suck?
The only reason he runs is that no one will hire him, and he's failed at every other thing he has tried. Being a politician (D) in Madison is a job for life. Ask Fred Risser.
The Indispensable Man.
Different Mo Cheeks.
a lot of people are telling Soglin that the declared candidates will ruin the city and he has to stay in to save us
Right, those would be the same people saying similar things to Hillary and Pelosi, et al.
I assume what's going on here is that a lot of people are telling Soglin that the declared candidates will ruin the city and he has to stay in to save us.
Mostly a message delivered by people that have a vested interest in Hizzonor, I would guess. Toadies gotta toady.
What storm? He’s mayor, why is clean up being handled badly?
That’s a Jayne Byrne opprttunist moment right there.
That trough keeps your snout nice and warm.
I guess his meandering low energy guv campaign didn't energize him.
"In a startling reversal, politician vying for a better post decided to stay right where he was when the better post didn't pan out."
He discovered that one cannot make a living doing nothing except as the mayor of an extreme left wing town.
Progressives define themselves by the power they have over others. If a progressive is out of power, then they lose their sense of self. This is a man trying desperately to maintain the only self-identity that he has.
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