[Summit] Marcus Mitchell, gossip from mayoral forum

[Theresa Mathiesen]

I agree.  Thank you, Geoff.

Elva Mathiesen

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Kerry Kohring <kerrykohring at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Very interesting, Geoff. And newsy, so it qualifies.
>           Kerry
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Geoff Griffin wrote:
>
> 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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