City Commissioner Hutchinson Quits Mayoral Race !
So just after hitting the button on my last blog compiling the list of candidates for the Fort Lauderdale elections in March, the news came in:
Cindi Hutchinson drops out of Mayoral race!
The rumor had been around for a few weeks that Hutchinson was considering dropping out, but could not be confirmed.
State Representative and Fort Lauderdale Mayoral candidates Jack Seiler and former Commissioner Dean Trantalis will probably benefit most from Hutchinson's departure, but that's only conjecture at this point.
Seiler says that he was surprised by her announcement, and that she has had an "outstanding career" and shouldn't be judged by "a mistake", (referring to last summer's inquiry into inappropriate campaign mailings coming out of Hutchinson's campaign office). He says it won't change the way he's campaigning for the job - "one voter at a time".
Mayoral candidate Earl Rynerson was also surprised at the news and said he thinks it makes the race "more interesting for sure". He added that he believes that Hutchinson and Trantalis are responsible for the ballooning City Budgets over the last 5 years and that neither should be in the race. He says he is going to go after those who were loyal to Hutchinson and try to talk them into supporting him.
Rossi and Trantalis could not be reached at the time of this posting.
Cindi Hutchinson drops out of Mayoral race!
The rumor had been around for a few weeks that Hutchinson was considering dropping out, but could not be confirmed.
State Representative and Fort Lauderdale Mayoral candidates Jack Seiler and former Commissioner Dean Trantalis will probably benefit most from Hutchinson's departure, but that's only conjecture at this point.
Seiler says that he was surprised by her announcement, and that she has had an "outstanding career" and shouldn't be judged by "a mistake", (referring to last summer's inquiry into inappropriate campaign mailings coming out of Hutchinson's campaign office). He says it won't change the way he's campaigning for the job - "one voter at a time".
Mayoral candidate Earl Rynerson was also surprised at the news and said he thinks it makes the race "more interesting for sure". He added that he believes that Hutchinson and Trantalis are responsible for the ballooning City Budgets over the last 5 years and that neither should be in the race. He says he is going to go after those who were loyal to Hutchinson and try to talk them into supporting him.
Rossi and Trantalis could not be reached at the time of this posting.
Fantastic!.
More proof that 2009 will see us throw the old bums and political hacks out of office.
This almost guarantees that Rynerson will be the next Mayor.
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Rynerson as Mayor - in a parallel world. He has zero experience and knee jerks without finishing his homework. Let's see if this change brings out any additional candidates - at least ones with a mission to improve our city and certainly ones with some understanding of how the city operates.
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It is clear that Rynerson is the only candidate with relevant experience.
The position of Mayor is a position in the Executive Branch of government. Seiler/Trantalis have no such experience, in fact, they've never had real jobs.
Rynerson, OTOH, is a successful businessman who leads, makes decisons, and VERY IMPORTANT -- UNDERSTANDS BUDGETS. If he did not budget, he would go out of business.
Seiler/Trantalis are political hacks who just vote to take more of our money in taxes.
Rossi simply has no experience - he's only in this to have more people go from sitting on his fact to sitting in Court with him.
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What are you smoking, Watcher? Rynerson is the only one with an combination of Executive and Legislative experience. You really should do some fact checking before you make a Joe Biden type post.
Check out www.EarlForMayor.com and learn the truth about Rynerson's experience.
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