OK ... a really bad week
Unfortunate accidents may have led to some of the negative press Charlie Maddox is facing, but downright deception is killing Doug McKillip's campaign in the stretch.
As we all know, Regina Quick called out McKillip in their most recent debate ... saying the 'D' next to his name stood for 'developer.' McKillip, promptly denied the allegation ... which would be fine if that was true. However, McKillip is a developer and, according to the court records, is a part owner of the Oak Grove development off Jefferson Road.
McKillip then proceeded to distribute mailers which had a picture of a barren field and then some text describing his fairly solid ideas on economic development. However, the picture itself said that the 'Quick/Culpepper team' was responsible the reason Novartis didn't locate to this area because of Republican cuts to education.
That would be fine and dandy if either Quick or E.H. Culpepper actually served in the Georgia General Assembly. It's clear that McKillip was trying to play the guilt-by-association card, which is one of my last favorite political stategies. However, Culpepper is a true moderate, indepedent who has a large contingent of Democratic supporters (rumor has it that Louise McBee has been brandishing an E.H. sign in her yard and I don't know many Athens liberals who would question her street cred), while Quick is, for all practical purposes, a Democrat in Republican clothing.
Then there's the whole Athens Banner-Herald endorsement issue. McKillip has been cutting ads which imply the newspaper endorsed him, when, in fact, it, you know, endorsed Culpepper.
The folks at Athens Politics are all over this one as well.
So I'm at the point now where I'm fed up with the guy. I think he's a sharp fella with some good ideas, but I agree with the criticism going around now ... and that is that he appears to be more concerned with winning at all costs than actually thinking of what's best for the district. As a result, he has resorted to, at best distorting the truth, and at worst, lying, to get into office. He appears to be more concerned with the victory rather than the service, and that troubles me.
So, as a result, I'm ending my undecided days and endorsing E.H. Culpepper.
As we all know, Regina Quick called out McKillip in their most recent debate ... saying the 'D' next to his name stood for 'developer.' McKillip, promptly denied the allegation ... which would be fine if that was true. However, McKillip is a developer and, according to the court records, is a part owner of the Oak Grove development off Jefferson Road.
McKillip then proceeded to distribute mailers which had a picture of a barren field and then some text describing his fairly solid ideas on economic development. However, the picture itself said that the 'Quick/Culpepper team' was responsible the reason Novartis didn't locate to this area because of Republican cuts to education.
That would be fine and dandy if either Quick or E.H. Culpepper actually served in the Georgia General Assembly. It's clear that McKillip was trying to play the guilt-by-association card, which is one of my last favorite political stategies. However, Culpepper is a true moderate, indepedent who has a large contingent of Democratic supporters (rumor has it that Louise McBee has been brandishing an E.H. sign in her yard and I don't know many Athens liberals who would question her street cred), while Quick is, for all practical purposes, a Democrat in Republican clothing.
Then there's the whole Athens Banner-Herald endorsement issue. McKillip has been cutting ads which imply the newspaper endorsed him, when, in fact, it, you know, endorsed Culpepper.
The folks at Athens Politics are all over this one as well.
So I'm at the point now where I'm fed up with the guy. I think he's a sharp fella with some good ideas, but I agree with the criticism going around now ... and that is that he appears to be more concerned with winning at all costs than actually thinking of what's best for the district. As a result, he has resorted to, at best distorting the truth, and at worst, lying, to get into office. He appears to be more concerned with the victory rather than the service, and that troubles me.
So, as a result, I'm ending my undecided days and endorsing E.H. Culpepper.
posted by Jmac at 3:39 PM
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Adding to the fun, a local Democratic Party leader went on the radio to say the party had not endorsed Heidi as her campign had claimed.
Will repeat tommorow morning on WBKZ.
Ouch!
Nonpartisan races are creating a rift among local Democrats. Some got riled up Wednesday after a Heidi mailer hit mailboxes claiming she is supported by a majority of Clarke County Democratic Committee leadership. “It’s a lie,” county chairman John Jeffreys said. The CCDC is not endorsing nonpartisan candidates.
Al Davison, Heidi’s husband and campaign manager, said the controversy is much ado about a tempest in a teapot. Heidi doesn’t claim an official endorsement. As individuals, though, a majority of the leadership (Al is treasurer, and he counted himself) are backing Heidi, he said.
Jeffreys said Davison should have named the individual officers
I don't know if it's a 'rift' so much (in that case at least) as it is the local party trying to cover itself.
Because what Heidi's mailer said was that a majority of the local party leadership was backing her, not that the party had endorsed her.
That's distinctly different than McKillip saying the ABH endorsed him, which they didn't.
So the democrats are not endorsing Heidi. Heidi's husband has publicly endorsed McKillip. What's going on in Athens-world? Maybe our democratic bubble is about to burst.
some people might think it burst back when we lost john barrow as our rep. others might think it burst with the whole non partisan thing. there are yet more of us out here that think it was really bad when we got carved up and delivered to two republicans.
i'm just sayin, about to burst, we wish!
so much for the vehement denials (made at AthPo) that McBee was supporting Culpepper . . .
Well I don't know about that, but the case against the re-districting was lost today. Emmet Bondurant and three plaintiffs tried and lost. The Court basically said that as long as the data the legislature used came from the census, it is legal to redistrict any old time.
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