James Shanley had no opponents for City Council President.
What's the deal?
My first thought was, is Shanley sacred now that he's been annointed by the "young, affluent" segment of our community? They aren't that huge of a segment, you know ...
The truth is the truth, and no one should be thrown into the frying pan for telling the truth. I know the truth hurts, sometimes, but jiminy crickets, what's the world coming to?
I'm just askin' ... anyway, here's my favorite bit from the Daily News story:
Holaday questioned Shanley's experience in handling budgets the size of the city's $50 million budget. Shanley is a self-described small business owner, who operates a small printing shop in Amesbury.
"That's why we have an auditor," Shanley said, adding a key leadership quality for a mayor is setting goals and delegating specific tasks to experts.
"But the mayor does the budget," Holaday replied. "The mayor is the one who designs the budget."
Yes indeed ... the auditor does not prepare budgets; he verifies financial information. Can't do both, you know ... tsk tsk ... but not sure what he (Shanley) meant. Someone should have followed up on that.
7 comments:
Sometimes, it doesn't matter what you say, it's how you say it that resonates with people. Right or wrong, delivery is important.
That's very true, Anon. To switch to talking about Holaday, she sometimes says things in a tone of great authority that are not accurate. This is something I have been accused of myself. But I thought people here liked snarkiness (said with great authority).
The key is to question what people say - and that's where supposedly the press comes in.
The same question could have been posed to Holaday vs. Moak. Did Moak have experience with $50M budgets? Look at that outcome. Holaday had a laundry list of qualifications and experience then too. It's amusing how elections turn out around here.
Yes, we love snarky, but not when it's a turn-off. It can make or break ya.
Yes, it's all so subjective, isn't it?
BTW - I saw your interview with the challenger in Ward 1. After many "audible gasps" by me, all I can say is OMG!!!!!! That's not snarky, just shock.
Ward 1 needs some municipal spirit injected into the water. Wait - we don't drink the water.
Holoday had a valid point about the council president. There was no need to apologize. It's a debate, not a cotillion. She needs to show some fight if she is to win.
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