[Summit] Marcus Mitchell, gossip from mayoral forum

[Geoff Griffin]

I happened to be passing by the library as tonight's forum ended, and I
ended up hanging around for a while.

I met Marcus Mitchell, who is quite optimistic about his chances, running
as a write-in against Kevin Jackson. He tells me Jackson only has a 15%
approval rating, that there is no mysterious base of support. The challenge
for Mitchell, then, is just to get his name out there (and get people to
spell it correctly!). He seemed like a really genuine guy, and he sat on
the wall chatting with me until long after everyone else had left.

I also ended up in a conversation with Dr Harrop, the Republican candidate.
He was quite frank about supporting Elorza. He wants to do whatever it
takes to help Elorza win, and his polling data indicates that Elorza might
do better if Harrop stays in, and draws a few thousand diehard
anti-Hispanic or anti-Democrat votes that otherwise would go Cianci. He
admits that that is ugly - pandering to racists?!? - but, again, he is
willing to do whatever it takes.

Hope this qualifies as news, and not campaigning. My apologies in advance
if it seems inappropriate. But I found myself oddly optimistic after
meeting these two decent, polite, very different men, and I wanted to share.

-- 
Geoff Griffin
www.gordonschool.org
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