06-22-2016, 05:34 AM
So for some it's guilt by pictorial association? I can show you lots of pictures of Harry with Billy....how bout a picture of Wally with the The Order of Kahmehamea, or Darryl Olievera? Better optics for the myopic?
The two referred to elected officials are proven vote getters in their district, I'm sure most (all?) of the candidates would have accepted their endorsement. If one believes that an endorsement connotates control then they are naive. Harry just got endorsed by HGEA. Do you think that means he's likely to concede to them at some sub-optimal point in the next round of collective bargaining ?
Whoops, bad example. That's what he did in his first administration.
Okay my bad! Let me straighten this out. The difference in the comparison above is that the two individuals in question do no significant business with government and their endorsement is strictly personal and meant to influence only voters. The public worker endorsement comes with potential strings attached. That COULD be cause for worry, but it is not definitively corrupting. Which is what you stated was your interpretation of the campaign picture. Seems superficial to me.
As far as P-Cards. Give it a break. They're used as a tool to make purchasing a simpler accounting process. Harry used his. He now minimizes his use to aggrandize himself as some paragon of virtue, but it's not accurate.
This campaign has a wide field with little depth or intensity. A few signs up, a smattering of newspaper and radio ads, an odd sign waving. Not much juice....yet. Looks to me that Harry is the default Mayor if nothing changes.
The two referred to elected officials are proven vote getters in their district, I'm sure most (all?) of the candidates would have accepted their endorsement. If one believes that an endorsement connotates control then they are naive. Harry just got endorsed by HGEA. Do you think that means he's likely to concede to them at some sub-optimal point in the next round of collective bargaining ?
Whoops, bad example. That's what he did in his first administration.
Okay my bad! Let me straighten this out. The difference in the comparison above is that the two individuals in question do no significant business with government and their endorsement is strictly personal and meant to influence only voters. The public worker endorsement comes with potential strings attached. That COULD be cause for worry, but it is not definitively corrupting. Which is what you stated was your interpretation of the campaign picture. Seems superficial to me.
As far as P-Cards. Give it a break. They're used as a tool to make purchasing a simpler accounting process. Harry used his. He now minimizes his use to aggrandize himself as some paragon of virtue, but it's not accurate.
This campaign has a wide field with little depth or intensity. A few signs up, a smattering of newspaper and radio ads, an odd sign waving. Not much juice....yet. Looks to me that Harry is the default Mayor if nothing changes.