It's okay to cheat because...

The first test of character has come and gone (almost). I’ll leave it up to the voters to score it. It was made very clear that to apply for the 4th District seat vacated by Jim Rowland would be attempting to gain an unfair advantage (ie: cheating) for anyone intending to run for that seat in ’07. I agree with that sentiment. I chose not to apply because I do not want to try and steal the unfair advantage of incumbency. If I can’t win this election fair and square, then so be it. That’s the way I was brought up. Besides, this race is about representing the 4th District, not convincing the current council that you know how to “play ball.” It was interesting reading seeing the rationales provided by the people wishing to convince everyone that they could do a good job representing the 4th while at the same time immediately campaigning for the seat. After weeding out the opportunists looking for a head start in the race, the council deadlocked 6-6 between George Blackwood and Janice Ellis. Today we’ll find out which organizations were able to successfully lobby one councilperson to switch their vote. For those of you on the weedpile? Welcome back to the race.