ABJ Endorses Cole, Highlights Falls Clerk Race

Akron Ward 8 Council - The World is Holding It's Breath
The Beacon Journal endorsed Randy Cole for Akron Ward 8 City Council citing his "valuable experience" and something about being capable of addressing complex matters or some crap like that . I'm pretty sure they just reprinted Cole's campaign flyer. The ABJ editorial mentions Bob Keith's accomplishments but indicates it's the end of the line for the five term councilman. It seems that ol' Bob has hit that barrier to reelection known as passive leadership. Don't all incumbent office holders have this quality? Any way the Beacon practically phoned this one in. They even appeared to borrow the passive rap on Keith from the interview of Randy that appeared in the West Side Leader. The Leader endorsed Bob Keith. I'm still not sure for whom I will cast my vote. Maybe the one who can guarantee me the jackass next door won't paint anymore cars in his garage will win me over in the end.

Term Limited State Rep. Needs a Job
The ABJ also reported Sunday that the Falls Clerk race is causing a stir. Haven't we seen this before? A well connected State Rep. is looking for a safe place to land once his term runs out. Why not help him out and get him into a career track in public management? In this case John Widowfield is bringing his history of legislating license plate colors and a myriad of other really important public policy to the table. His opponent Lisa Zeno Carano currently holds the office and has 12 prior years experience working in a court system. Widowfield meanwhile points to his his strong suit

"What's so important is to have somebody that understands money - understands dollars"

You see all things revolve around the understanding of money (or dollars in layman's terms) and the ability to master that is the secret to sound public management. What he means is that he has raised a lot of campaign money from a few large donors and is hoping to grab the office for his overlord Alex.