So far, with over 95% of the vote tallied, Thodos holds a slim lead over Moreno for East Moline mayor.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 2/22/2005
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6 Comments:
This is a shocker!
Moreno had incumbency, sports media, lots of contacts, support from Lane Evans and Denny Jacobs --and yet he came up short. Maybe it's because Joe Moreno just didn't connect as well. Who knows.
The margin was so close that it's hard to draw some big conclusions.
Regardless, it's time for East Moline to unite and make some progress.
Talk of ugliness in this campaign brings to mind the late Hunter Thompson's take on the dark underbelly of politics.
He might describe it as "bad craziness"
The Dope hears of some truly ugly goings on. This is more than unfortunate.
ugly is as ugly does
So true Forrest.
The Dope thinks bygump is on to something.
Really, I can't think of a political arena where there's less interest. The township, municipal, and county board races are almost invisible to the majority of "average" folks out there. They not only don't know of the issues, they usually don't have a clue of who the candidates are!
I wouldn't be surprised to find that 75% of people in RI county had no idea there was an election coming up yesterday.
And this apathy and lack of involvement is what leads to our "tribal" politics where a handful of people fight against each other for power. The citizens remain blissfully ignorant of any of it.
And as bygump says, some if it is probably due to the fact that most people don't see any real difference no matter who is in charge. The only thing that seems to wake them up is if something costs them a dime.
As a native EM'er who hasn't lived there since Reagan's first term, I hope a new mayor can bring some real change to the city. It's sad that Bettendorf and even Moline have construction and development, but EM has nothing going on.
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