Thursday, June 11, 2009

Early Pho Endorsement: Sandra Kurt for City Council

My friend Sandra Kurt is running for City Council in Ward 8. I've known Sandra for a few years now, having met her at Summit County Progressive Dems. Professionally, she's an engineer but off hours she's a tireless advocate for causes she feels passionately about, particularly domestic violence prevention and LGBT issues.

The Ward 8 seat is the one vacated by Bob Keith. Sandra was in the mix for the appointment to replace him, but that appointment ultimately went to Raymond Cox. While Dr. Cox has great academic credentials, I want a fighter on Council.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Scott, Have her run for Mayor in a few weeks after the recall is successful.

Anonymous said...

There is no greater fighter, not a smarter, more knowledgeable person in this city than Ray Cox. Don't discount his years of public service, he's far more than just an academic looking to branch out; this is a man who has decades of pratical experience in city governments.

Anonymous said...

What kind of a Democracy is it that allows 15 Democrat PC's win the endorsement of the entire Democratic Party?
FREE & OPEN PRIMARIES?
I think not. More like the good old political machine at work.
If it looks like a political machine, walks like a political machine and acts like a political machine - what is it?

Wayne In Akron said...

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What kind of a Democracy is it that allows 15 Democrat PC's win the endorsement of the entire Democratic Party?
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Eric Mansfield touched on this as well in his most recent blog posting at:

http://ericmansfield.blogspot.com/2009/08/odds-and-ends-on-friday.html

It's interesting how one candidate can shut out all of the others from access to the party's resources.

"Machine" politics at their worst!