Andrew Laska Explains the Results
Andrew Laska, in The Richardson Echo, analyzes the recent Richardson City Council elections. He identifies Gary Slagel as the main issue in the race, specifically Slagel's replacement as mayor by Steve Mitchell after the 2007 elections. Laska reports the common theory that the defeat of incumbents Pris Hayes and Dennis Stewart was at least in part due to their support of Mitchell in 2007.
But Laska lays out other reasons for their defeats, too. Pris Hayes' strength might have been overstated. She won her seat in 2007 in a run-off for an open seat. She didn't campaign hard in 2009. There might have been a backlash against Dennis Stewart for negative campaigning by his supporters against Amir Omar, questioning his ethnicity and religion.
In the end, Laska, like every other observer, concludes that "the Richardson Coalition clearly played a part in galvanizing the six wins." All seven of the candidates they endorsed won their race. You can't argue with that success.
2 comments:
Doesn't or didn't Andrew Laska have a paid relationship with Gary Slagel?
I don't know.
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