The next mayor will probably be elected due to the little
things they do, or do not do. While the big things matter, the little things
will probably matter more.
It seems Amir Omar is taking a much more personal route is
most everything he is doing concerning election. He is working hard and it
shows. The more personal the connection a candidate make to the electorate, the
better their chances at winning.
It seems those who have endorsed, supported or given money
to Amir have gotten thank you note in which Amir expresses his gratitude for
their help. That type of activity will is making those personal connections and
will increase the likelihood that he will be elected as our new mayor.
On the other hand, it seems those little things might be
missing from his opponent, or at least I have not heard of them happening.
In an interesting twist, about a week ago I was talking to
someone who said that our local kingmaker (Chuckie Eisemann) and our former
mayor (the Slag) had a meeting with Amir, back in December, in which they tried
to convince him to drop out of the mayor’s race. Their plan seems to have been
to get Hartley to abandon his at-large seat, go to the place 4 seat, and then
not run an opponent against Amir in the at-large seat. Gotta love the behind
the scenes action is Richardson politics.
Good ole boys will be good ole boys. Hopefully they won't get away with it very much longer.
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