Happy Jack!
Politicians running for Elected Office usually have some good weeks, some not so good. For State Representative and Fort Lauderdale Mayoral Candidate Jack Seiler, last week was a dandy!
Happy Jack!
Mostly, Seiler's good fortune came at the expense of his chief rival in the Mayor's race, City Commissioner Cindy Hutchinson. Hutchinson took a political bruising last week when fellow Commissioner Christine Teel announced at a Commission meeting that she had proof that one of her colleagues was guilty of breaking their new Ethics Law, and that colleague turned out to be Hutchinson.
The resulting flap, played out in the blogs (see previous posts here), and then the local newspapers, set Hutchinson's campaign back to a still undetermined spot.
Enter Seiler. While the Hutchinson scandal was roiling, Seiler was in Tallahassee doing the people's business, far away from the local trenches. Seiler entered the Mayoral race last month, but announced that he will not begin his campaign until the current session of the Legislature is finished.
Seiler has been gaining local notoriety by being recognized as the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against moving up the ill-fated Florida Presidential Primary. It was House Bill 537, cast last year, and the result was 115-1, with Seiler being the lone no vote. At the time, Seiler was quoted as saying "Florida doesn't need [the] Presidential Primary to be moved up to be relevant, we're already the four largest State". Since then, Florida has been penalized for the move, with no clear way forward. This surely will play out as being one of the best moves of Seiler's State Political career.
The Mayoral race in Fort Lauderdale will take place early in 2009. There are currently three contestants; Seiler, Hutchinson, and local lawyer Steve Rossi, who is relatively unknown except for the hundred or so bus bench ads that beam his image. Local businessman Earl Rynerson has opened an exploratory committee, and former City Commissioner John Aurelius is said to be also eyeing a run. Many pundits expect the race to get even more crowded.
Seiler should relish last weeks' good news. It most probably put him in the "front runner position". And it's well known that political front runners have some good weeks, some not so good!
Happy Jack!
Mostly, Seiler's good fortune came at the expense of his chief rival in the Mayor's race, City Commissioner Cindy Hutchinson. Hutchinson took a political bruising last week when fellow Commissioner Christine Teel announced at a Commission meeting that she had proof that one of her colleagues was guilty of breaking their new Ethics Law, and that colleague turned out to be Hutchinson.
The resulting flap, played out in the blogs (see previous posts here), and then the local newspapers, set Hutchinson's campaign back to a still undetermined spot.
Enter Seiler. While the Hutchinson scandal was roiling, Seiler was in Tallahassee doing the people's business, far away from the local trenches. Seiler entered the Mayoral race last month, but announced that he will not begin his campaign until the current session of the Legislature is finished.
Seiler has been gaining local notoriety by being recognized as the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against moving up the ill-fated Florida Presidential Primary. It was House Bill 537, cast last year, and the result was 115-1, with Seiler being the lone no vote. At the time, Seiler was quoted as saying "Florida doesn't need [the] Presidential Primary to be moved up to be relevant, we're already the four largest State". Since then, Florida has been penalized for the move, with no clear way forward. This surely will play out as being one of the best moves of Seiler's State Political career.
The Mayoral race in Fort Lauderdale will take place early in 2009. There are currently three contestants; Seiler, Hutchinson, and local lawyer Steve Rossi, who is relatively unknown except for the hundred or so bus bench ads that beam his image. Local businessman Earl Rynerson has opened an exploratory committee, and former City Commissioner John Aurelius is said to be also eyeing a run. Many pundits expect the race to get even more crowded.
Seiler should relish last weeks' good news. It most probably put him in the "front runner position". And it's well known that political front runners have some good weeks, some not so good!
No one becomes the front runner until they do something positive for the City of Fort Lauderdale - the job which they have indicated they wish to hold. Hutchinson will take her hits and the vote will give us the answer, but Seiler should not expect to be annointed because of another's error in judgement. He needs to tell us why he wants the job, how long he intends to keep it and what his plan is for moving this city forward. Work for the city is what will make him a forerunner....nothing more ..and he well may be just that. Let's not just give him the prize without knowing the answer to the above questions and asking that he work for us as well.
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I am so happy and I am willing to help with his Campaign....... Great News
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Kudos to Jack for the brave lone vote. One wonders if he had voted the same had he have not been seeking yet another role in politics....He has alot of work to do to convince some he is worthy and capable for the job as mayor in a city he's recently moved in. As far as Hutchinson goes, I lost faith in her a long time ago when she started to flip-flop, choosing what political party she could win the most votes in. Integrity is everything!!!!!!Or should be....
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I'll be happy to hear what Jack Seiler has in mind for Fort Lauderdale.
In light of the long, drawn out presidential primary goings on, perhaps Jack determined it's not wise to begin campaigning too early.
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