Well, it's all over but the shouting. The "A" Team, Mike, Mike and the Mad Dog, won by an almost 2-1 margin. We took every district, and it was a landslide.
Westlake cast 1100 ballots. I received 800 of those votes. Charlie, my Westlake neighbor, received 399. I got more than 70% of the vote. Negative campaigning does not always work, Charlie. It really doesn't. But let me say how much I appreciate that Charlie, Emily, Todd, and the entire campaign team came over to our headquarters to personally congratulate us. I know that wasn't easy to do, and I think it was very gracious of all of you. I also appreciated Mayor Seda calling our team on the phone and congratulating each of us as well.
It's been a long, hard fight since I wrote my first post on the "Run for the Roses." I am truly humbled and overwhelmed by the trust people have placed in me. I hope I can live up to it. I promise to work side by side with the remaining two Council members.
One of the things I hope to do is to work closely with the Board of Education if I am lucky enough to be appointed Liaison from the Council. I think the BOE and Council should work together for the common good, which of course includes the children and the taxpayer.
I am going to see if I can get a copy of the full budget so I know what I am talking about when I make suggestions. I know we won't be the ones voting for this year's document, but I want to know exactly where our tax dollar is going if I am going to be one of the overseers of the taxpayer's pocketbook. I truly want to put my money where my mouth is.
I know we will start working on the gypsy moth problem right away. We cannot afford to let another year go by, and then find ourselves with our tails in the air again because it's too late to come up with a decent solution. This is a REAL problem, and I truly want to try to alleviate the situation.
Mike, Mike and the Mad Dog are a great team. We plan to work to make Jackson a great place to live. I am only human, and I'm sure I will make mistakes. But it won''t be because I owe somebody something. That will NEVER cloud my judgment.
From here on in, my Blog will be about being a Councilwoman. Even though I don't take office until July, I will start working NOW.
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"Westlake cast 1100 ballots. I received 800 of those votes. Charlie, my Westlake neighbor, received 399. I got more than 70% of the vote. Negative campaigning does not always work, Charlie. It really doesn't."
Wow, the race is over and you can't resist taking a shot. If you really think negative campaigning won/lost this race, I have news for you. The negative campaign calling us "Mayor Seda's puppets" may have won this race, but it's because Mayor Seda lost this race. Not Charlie, not myself, and not Emily. Get over your self. You won, but only in-so-much as Seda lost. We knew it was the biggest hurdle we had to clear from day one, and to assume anything else is lunacy. Oh, and your boy Kafton was great last night as he ignored me tapping on his shoulder to say "Congrats" for over a minute. He showed his true "class"....
Todd's mad because you called them Seda's puppets but you're not supposed to get mad when they call Mike a drunk or Marijuana Mike or anything like that? Come on and get real! Mike was showing "class" by NOT turning around and saying something he may (or may not) regret later or punching him out like any man who took the beating that Mike took from the Ingram ticket. The name calling was disgusting and that is what turned the voters off. The democrats were voting for the Kafton ticket anyway, the republicans were definitely divided and the people on the fence made their decision to distance themselves from the nasty bull that was being thrown. That is why the Kafton ticket won and the Ingram ticket lost big time. Blame Seda, blame Barry Calogero but you also have to blame yourselves as it was YOUR campaign, your responsibility. And if Seda's puppets was the worst that the Kafton ticket called the Ingram ticket, thank the Lord because that is nothing compared to what Mike Kafton was called, not only by the republican candidates but by the mayor's brother and others close to the campaign.
Congratulations Bobbie and also to Mike and Mike. You got what you deserve and so did the Ingram ticket.
Congratulations Bobbie, as well as Mike and Mike!
I'm so happy and relieved you and your running mates won, because this town is nuts, and as much as I LOVE the fights at the town meetings it needs to change to a calmer form of government! I'm only 15 but a blind monkey could figure out that something was wrong.
Your dancing partner,
Kristen
(Joyce's daughter)
:-D
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