Lowdown: Brown vs Irving
Here is what will determine this race on May 2.
Will Marla's stance on Consolidation win her more votes or will voters see the stance as ingenuine?
How much will the personality/professionalism issues that she and fellow commissioner Bloom are perceived as having weigh in on voter's decisions?
Has Brown been able to convince voters he won't consolidate for the sake of consolidation?
Someone once told me that the city/county councils act like a "good old boys club" where they seem to rubber stamp everything without I've heard comments along the same line from others. Does his endorsement by county council give off the perception he is part of that club.
Campaign summary
Brown has done a decent job of being a first time candidate. Marla spent most of the campaign on defense. She had the chance to go on offense when Mayor Richard came out for consolidation. She needed to be aggressive at that point. That aggressive campaign style never materialized.
Reader poll results:
Brown 74%
Irving 26%
81 votes cast
Final Thoughts
My early prediction was that Marla would win. It appears that Brown has the edge but its not the lead shown in the reader poll.
Will Marla's stance on Consolidation win her more votes or will voters see the stance as ingenuine?
How much will the personality/professionalism issues that she and fellow commissioner Bloom are perceived as having weigh in on voter's decisions?
Has Brown been able to convince voters he won't consolidate for the sake of consolidation?
Someone once told me that the city/county councils act like a "good old boys club" where they seem to rubber stamp everything without I've heard comments along the same line from others. Does his endorsement by county council give off the perception he is part of that club.
Campaign summary
Brown has done a decent job of being a first time candidate. Marla spent most of the campaign on defense. She had the chance to go on offense when Mayor Richard came out for consolidation. She needed to be aggressive at that point. That aggressive campaign style never materialized.
Reader poll results:
Brown 74%
Irving 26%
81 votes cast
Final Thoughts
My early prediction was that Marla would win. It appears that Brown has the edge but its not the lead shown in the reader poll.
posted by Indiana Pundit at 11:08 AM
7 Comments:
We need Marla to save the County.
Marla stands by her scruples. She won't use another elected officials name to campaign. And why would Commisiioner Irving be aggressive. Would our newspapers print it? I know of many letters to the editor that have not been written.
Does anyone really believe Mr. Brown is against consolidation. I doubt his supporters would be pushing him to run if he werent part of the good ole boys club or for consolidation!
A strong supporter who will vote for Marla Irving which is a vote for fair government for all of the residents of Allen County. Not just downtown.
Marla has worked hard for the County and has accomplished alot. We need to keep her as our County Commissioner. SOME of County Council members is trying to take control of County government and consolidation.
"Marla stands by her scruples. She won't use another elected officials name to campaign."?????
I guess you do not know that she had Sheriff Herman do a robo-call for her.
I think she has run a well organized campaign and how eye catching are the signs. When you see the same sign over and over you ignore it, only the different ones now are eye catching.
WHERE ARE YOU INDIANA PUNDIT? It's the day before the election and you haven't posted since Friday!
It is interesting that the Bill Brown campaign is having its party at Paula's on Main Street, rather than with the rest of the R's at their HQ. Does that mean he IS NOT welcome, or that he DOES NOT FEEL welcome, or that he DOES NOT WANT TO BE welcomed? I don't know, but I'm curious about the answer. Yes, Paula's isn't so far from RHQ but it isn't right across the street, either.
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