By mid-March both councilors had dropped out of the race. Albuquerque's public financing system had barred two of its most ardent supporters. O'Malley returned to her seat on the council and Cadigan - after vowing to leave city politics - decided to try to hold the seat that he'd decided to vacate in order to run for mayor which he was unable to do because of the public financing system that he'd supported (whew!).
Marty in the Middle (of everything) wouldn't announce until well into the July - a move that's still a bit baffling. The Almighty Alcalde was either incredibly arrogant or was waiting to see if there were some other opportunities to "make some money" as he indicated he would like to do on 770 KKOB's morning show with Bob Clark last Friday morning.
After Marty lowered himself to actually enter the race, the early polls were showing that Marty's numbers were in the mid 40's - meaning that if the race were held then, the Almighty Alcalde would retain his throne on the 11th floor. The flip side was that if an incumbent starts at 46%, the only direction for them to go is down.
A little over a week ago, we all found out that down is exactly where he went falling to 26% in the most recent Journal poll (Subscription). Richard Romero trailed Chavez by a razor thin margin of 2 percentage points and R.J. Berry lead by 5 points.
Prior to Labor Day, one would be hard pressed to notice that there was a mayor's race. Sure... the three major candidates were out at forums but no one who wasn't a political junkie had any idea there was a mayor's race underway.
[Sidebar]September saw the mayor's race jump out of the shadows. The mail began, radio and TV hit the air, and the dreaded autodialers started pestering anyone with a phone. All of the candidates began to make their various cases - both positive and negative - the two challengers understandably tried to make the case that Marty wasn't the man for the mayor's office.
Ok, Ok... R.J. Berry and Richard Romero were out at community forums. In most cases, The Almighty Alcalde was being kept in a secure location.
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Marty aimed his vitriol on R.J. Berry until late in the campaign when he belatedly targeted Romero. The Almighty Alcalde realized that there's a real chance that he may not even be part of a runoff unless he could pull some liberal Ds away from Romero.
That's where we stand today... election day. By now you've heard and read more than you probably want to have heard and read. We would hope that you would have formed an opinion of who you support for mayor.
Both R.J. Berry and Richard Romero have run honorable campaigns. Marty has run his campaign the way he has increasingly run the city - with half-truths, spin, and outright lies. He even blatantly used his police department for political gain.
Martin Chavez's three terms in office have been a study in the creation of a tyrant. Each year spent occupying the city's mayoral throne has made The Almighty Alcalde more arrogant, more vindictive, and more tyrannical.
We have long believed that the mayoral race will be decided by Republicans. Republicans have been responsible for each of The Almighty Alcalde's elections and so they will be responsible for the outcome of this election.
Richard Romero has been an honorable candidate but his ties to the far left Eli Lee wing of the Democratic party is more than just a little concerning and means that should he end up in a runoff with Chavez many Republicans would vote as they have in the past.
R.J. Berry is an honest man. He has run his campaign with honor and dignity - even in the face of blistering personal attacks from The Almighty Alcalde. In our opinion, Berry is the best candidate to replace the Tyrant of the 11th Floor and once again make city government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
8 comments:
lots of boxes being packed.
What's happening?
Well todays the day, the nutless directors that work for the city should be packing up their desk. I dont know what they'll do now that they dont have someone to make their decisions for them. Hopefully the new mayor will hire individuals that have ethic's and know how to run a department.
Let's hope that's a sign--a good sign--that they're done. WOW. Call me a skeptic, but I just don't want to start dancing in my cubicle until the very last vote is cast.
Yeah, I wouldn't start celebrating just yet. remember, Marty Farty declared Albuquerque a safe haven for illegal immigrants...I wonder how many (normal or provisional) ballots cast by illegals will be counted...could it be enough to tip the scales?
Marty farty is out!
Good question.... don't worry the blood, sweat and tears of many, many, unions will prevent illegal immigrants from casting ballots both normal and provisional!
anybody but marty farty!
It isn't just the illegal immigrants, but also keeping people for voting more than once, too! There are many, many, eyes on
the ballot counting process, so cheating will not occur!
Ray Schultz lost the election for Marty.
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