Three Lawyers And A Teacher

If only facts mattered and emotion didn't play such a big part in how people vote. We could just sit back because we already know how this election would end. I'm just sitting back quietly watching how this whole thing turns out. If you didn't see the televised debate, you might be surprised to hear who won. This debate kind of slid under the microscope with little advertisement. I didn't know about it until after it was over. I watched it on the Internet. For some reason I don't think that's just by coincidence. The early front runner and the obvious media favorite didn't fare to well.

Charles Carpenter has gotten mixed up in negative campaigning and it has backfired on him. His associations indicate obvious judgement issues on his part. This guy has too many skeletons in his closet to try and point the finger at anyone else. First he couldn't remember how much money he had made off the city of Memphis in the last seventeen years. That might not be so hard to believe if it didn't make up 90% of his business. He had to know that question would come up and he should have known the answer. Unless he underestimated the intelligence of the voter and thought he could keep it a secret. Then there are those menacing rumors about his children and his ex-wife. If he is so skilled at handling complex financial matters. It would seem he would have done a better job with his own. A firm that has been in business over 31 years should have a job for his son instead of him having to work on a temporary job for 12hr. I have a problem with those men who don't provide for their children. Unless it's the child's' fault and not the sins of the father.

Even though she still causes a stir. Carol Chumney's time has passed to be mayor of Memphis. She has become known as the anti-incumbent candidate. Her appeal was rooted in her opposition to former Mayor Willie Herenton. Now that he is no longer in office, her star isn't quite so bright. She lost her momentum when she left the city council.

This is A.C. Wharton's race to lose. He was picked to win this race by the media and most of the voters already. At first even I was one of those people in that group. I don't dislike Mayor Wharton or anything he has done. I just think he should keep the job he already has. And let Myron Lowery finish the job he started. I think Mayor Wharton has done a marvelous job doing what he was elected to do as county mayor. That's just not what we need in Memphis right now.

I think Myron Lowery is doing a good job so far. His performance in the debate was excellent also. I must admit I wasn't a supporter of his at first, but his last few weeks in office have changed my mind. I don't know if he will be someone who will be in this unique position again. It will probably be a long time before we have another mayor pro tem. He has a chance to prove himself to the people now without being elected. He is on probation for the next two years with the people having A.C. Wharton as an ace in the hole. Patiently waiting in case Lowery doesn't work out.