RAMEY WINS!!!!
It's official. At least as official as it can be before the secretary of state certifies the vote, and since 2000 we learned well that elections do not always end with the counting. But I don't think thats a fear for this one, as Tom Ramey will take the office of Mayor back from incumbent Danny Gillespise. I apologize for making you folks here wait for the news, but I am obliged to break the news via the radio first, for the obvious reason that the radio station pays my bills.
In other contests it was incumbent Armede Bynum over newcomer Debbie Chisholm. And of course, as most expected, Patrick Marcellino Jr blew away Andrew Green with 81% of the vote. But Green didn't seem disappointed. After all the guy is only 24 (that's my age!) so he's got plenty of time to learn what to do differently. Hint: advertise on the radio heavily.. :) Or perhaps not, since Gillespie heavily outspent Ramey, at least on the radio, and I believe in print as well.
Still, I don't know that winning by 6% of the vote constitues a mandate. Actually I don't know if Local politicans get mandates. I can't imagine that they do.
I don't think my election coverage was half bad. I would have liked to have been at the studio, to read out the results of the other elections. My part timer did a passable job, but people should really hear my voice for stuff like that. But, as I have not yet mastered being in two places at once, i have to suffice. Besides all the notables were at the actual vote counting, if I wasn't there, it would have seemed strange. Actually, I say all the notables but that's not actually true. Bynum made an appearance, Chisholm watched the whole thing, Marcellino stopped by, as did Andrew green. Neither Mayoral Candidate showed up. Ramey Jr was a poll watcher for his dad. As far as I could tell Gillespie didn't have any poll watchers present, but i suppose its possible one of the people I didn't recognize could have been his.
Anyway, it's Ramey for the next 4 years. I will be interested to see what comes of this. As I make my rounds today, I'll be keeping my ear close to to the ground to see what the reaction is from city employees. The Newsman's hope of course, is that the incoming administration will be more accessible than the previous administration. And of course by accessible they mean have more leaks than the Clayton water system.
In other contests it was incumbent Armede Bynum over newcomer Debbie Chisholm. And of course, as most expected, Patrick Marcellino Jr blew away Andrew Green with 81% of the vote. But Green didn't seem disappointed. After all the guy is only 24 (that's my age!) so he's got plenty of time to learn what to do differently. Hint: advertise on the radio heavily.. :) Or perhaps not, since Gillespie heavily outspent Ramey, at least on the radio, and I believe in print as well.
Still, I don't know that winning by 6% of the vote constitues a mandate. Actually I don't know if Local politicans get mandates. I can't imagine that they do.
I don't think my election coverage was half bad. I would have liked to have been at the studio, to read out the results of the other elections. My part timer did a passable job, but people should really hear my voice for stuff like that. But, as I have not yet mastered being in two places at once, i have to suffice. Besides all the notables were at the actual vote counting, if I wasn't there, it would have seemed strange. Actually, I say all the notables but that's not actually true. Bynum made an appearance, Chisholm watched the whole thing, Marcellino stopped by, as did Andrew green. Neither Mayoral Candidate showed up. Ramey Jr was a poll watcher for his dad. As far as I could tell Gillespie didn't have any poll watchers present, but i suppose its possible one of the people I didn't recognize could have been his.
Anyway, it's Ramey for the next 4 years. I will be interested to see what comes of this. As I make my rounds today, I'll be keeping my ear close to to the ground to see what the reaction is from city employees. The Newsman's hope of course, is that the incoming administration will be more accessible than the previous administration. And of course by accessible they mean have more leaks than the Clayton water system.
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