Earn it, be voted it. Say it, own it. Didn’t say it, prove it. As they said back at the plant, “Do what you say, say what you do.”
Last week there was a minor hullabaloo in the local blogosphere and across television & radio airwaves as the incumbent ABQ. Mayor spoke his ~mind and apparently proclaimed himself the most “successful” mayor in the city’s history in a campaign video that was swiftly deleted and rebuked.
Decide for yourself by listening to the audio with 770KKOB Mornings show host Bob Clark as posted here.
And decide which direction you want to take Albuquerque when you cast your vote on Oct. 6.
This obviously doctored compilation of celebrities who’ve spoken out about their political ~thoughts is a simple reminder that these fools are just regular people and the only vote that counts is yours. So I hope all we fools get out and vote on October 6 in the Albuquerque Mayoral Race.
Brace for an onslaught of Paris Chavez smiling face photos at all city sites and sights while doing your mayoral candidate research. You may still register to vote in Bernalillo County – no later than 28 days prior to an election.
p.s. Sorry about the extra ear on ya’ in this photoshop experiment Mr. Ro-Mayor.
On this the eve of the “not-so-highly-anticipated” announcement that incumbent Paris Chavez will indeed run for a fourth term as Albuquerque’s Mayor, we have to ponder…
Since petitioning the Supreme Court to disregard term limits in January 2008, Chavez has been unofficially campaigning by dominating news coverage, garnering headlines, and literally plastering his name and face on city issues and objects on the city’s dime.
Well, the dime’s up on that tawdry peep-show. And now that he’s going “official” the currently nauseating level of Paris Chavez coverage will likely hit a fever pitch. Already averaging at least 3:1 mentions over the legitimately declared candidates for Mayor we’re in danger of being exposed to even more gratuitous mentions of every portly move he makes or makes-up.
Brace yourselves – this “I see you, but you can’t see me” toilet may well be the jumping off point for the sitting Mayor’s campaign (pun intended). Turn that glass around and it’ll be, “You see me, but I can’t see you!” Allll the way through to October.
Is this the kind of transparency Albuquerque really needs? Exercise your vote on October 6th.
Declared and prepared Albuquerque Mayoral Candidate Richard Romero has a new campaign web-site. As in many other instances of declared candidates running a legitimate campaign, we haven’t seen any local news coverage of the informational, voter friendly site.
Instead today’s news was peppered with Paris Chavez‘s ability to use Twitter guised as more tax payerCity funded “initiatives”. The third-term Mayor has yet to declare himself a candidate – despite there being only ~15 weeks til’ the election to REPLACE HIM.
“With a proven track record of leadership, experience and cooperation, Richard M. Romero aims to change the way Albuquerque does business.
The omnipresent name and face of Chavez is causing a stir among the declared candidates who thankfully get some play in letting it be known that the surreptitious campaigning (e.g. the spontaneous onslaught of press, appearances, commercials, and city funded portrayals) is not going unnoticed.
And so like that other fame seeking, self-promoting celebrity, our Mayor’s got himself smack between ‘Richards’, enjoying every moment of it, oh-so-coyly waiting for the chance at yet another run.
It’s your call Albuquerque – You may not have the power to exercise Paris Hilton from our culture but you can choose your Mayor in October.
