Crime shaping up to be major issue in mayoral campaigns
This article from the Enquirer, penned by Greg Korte gives a decent overview of actions and statements made by several mayoral candidates on Tuesday.
While this may be true, it doesn't strike me as a revelation that is particularly poignant. I have not lived in the city for long but after a close friend was carjacked and my own car was broken into with a brick last year I knew that crime reduction would be a primary political issue.
The article does mention one interesting tidbit about David Pepper's slash and burn style of campaigning.
Maybe I am naive about the extent to which this kind of thing happens on the local level but that is not the type of campaign that I want to see in Cincinnati. Perhaps Pepper would be better off distributing his attack messages somewhere with a higher percentage of undecided voters, rather than at a competitor's headquarters.
Also from Korte, an article that highlights Mark Mallory's interesting-to-say-the-least strategy for capturing the growing latino vote.
For some reason I doubt that he "coined a new word." It appears to be some sort of misguided combination of the words "Cincinnatian" and "Latino." While I am glad the Mallory campaign has stepped up by offering part of their website in Spanish, I feel that the attempt to coin a term for a population he is not a part of comes off as silly at best, and patronizing at worst.
It became clear Tuesday - about two months before the Sept. 13 primary - that crime has become the major issue of the 2005 campaign for Cincinnati mayor.
While this may be true, it doesn't strike me as a revelation that is particularly poignant. I have not lived in the city for long but after a close friend was carjacked and my own car was broken into with a brick last year I knew that crime reduction would be a primary political issue.
The article does mention one interesting tidbit about David Pepper's slash and burn style of campaigning.
Pepper sent a volunteer to walk into Mallory's news conference - inside Mallory's College Hill campaign headquarters - to distribute a news release. The headline: "Mallory Opposed Anti-Crime Legislation in Columbus."
Maybe I am naive about the extent to which this kind of thing happens on the local level but that is not the type of campaign that I want to see in Cincinnati. Perhaps Pepper would be better off distributing his attack messages somewhere with a higher percentage of undecided voters, rather than at a competitor's headquarters.
Also from Korte, an article that highlights Mark Mallory's interesting-to-say-the-least strategy for capturing the growing latino vote.
The Mallory campaign also may have coined a new word for Spanish-speaking Cincinnatians: "Cincinnatianos," the web site calls them.
For some reason I doubt that he "coined a new word." It appears to be some sort of misguided combination of the words "Cincinnatian" and "Latino." While I am glad the Mallory campaign has stepped up by offering part of their website in Spanish, I feel that the attempt to coin a term for a population he is not a part of comes off as silly at best, and patronizing at worst.
Someone should tell Korte that "Cincinnatiano" is the proper Spanish translation for "Cincinnatian."
Posted by
Anonymous |
10:55 AM
Apparently someone should have told me that as well. Thanks for the info.
Posted by
JN |
3:57 PM
i don't like anybody in this race thus far.. surprise, surprise.
charlie winburn: needs to find ken blackwell and get back in the house.
yeah. i said it.
i mean c'mon.. new jail, a specific amount of new police (200's a nice, round, #) but where are these untold millions for the jail .. much less the $8,192,600 it would take (provided they make it though 24wks of training) to hire 200 new officers?
don't ask charlie winburn. he's too busy tellin ppl NIGGA I AINT SKURRED. lame.
Mark Mallory? Was a state senator.. now I'm skeptical as to why he's taking a step back down into the 'minors' .. not to mention one of the 1st things out of his mouth was to create a cabinet position (friends&family job!!) for public safety / homeland security.
This isn't columbus for one. for two, wtf is a 'cabinet position' going to do to help prevent crime and increase public safety?! i'm sure the folks slangin' thangs up on peebles corner are running back home with tears in their eyes as we speak.homeland security? tugging at the heart-strings of cincinnatians with 9-11 shit is SOOO 2004. smells like a career politician who's reaching the end of his run.
David Pepper might be ok one of these days .. only if he can pull is own head out of his ass.
Alicia Reese? YOU ARE NOT CONDOLEEZA RICE. that is all.
After these folks? Who is left? The guy from N*SYNC? Where's his press coverage? He seems like he's got a good take on things.. yet he's been dismissed as a joke canidate.
Looks like another poll I'll be stayin home for.
Dave
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