Friday, August 22, 2008

CM PRESS # 463

LAST UPDATED: Friday, August 22, 2008, 11:15 PM--scroll down


CANDIDATES' FORUM LAST NIGHT---YAWN!

Even for political junkies, such as the CM PRESS, the candidates' forum last night was boring. There just didn't seem to be any passion, and even the five top candidates seemed to lack focus and a deep understanding of our problems and how to fix them.

Here are some of our impressions.

Of the nine candidates running for City Council, only five of them seemed to be prepared for the forum and to have more than a surface knowledge of Costa Mesa and its problems and to be serious candidates for the City Council.
As of today, here's how we rank the candidates chances of winning and who we think will end up with the most or least votes in November. This is based partly on what we saw and heard last night and partly upon extrinsic factors including our own subjective political instincts.

1. Gary Monahan
2. Eric Bever
3. Jim Righeimer
4. Katrina Foley
5. Chris Bunyan

All five of the above gave credible, but passionless, and unfocused performances. Monahan and Bunyan talked the most about crime and gangs and Monahan indicated that these issues will be his top priorities if elected. Monahan was also the only one to mention that we need to solve our illegal alien problem. Bever barely mentioned crime and didn't mention illegal aliens at all. Foley, as usual, just gave very vague answers about wanting quality neighborhoods and safe streets. Righeimer's whole emphasis appeared to be on development. There were no standouts.

IN OUR OPINION,THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT SERIOUS CANDIDATES AND/OR HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING


6.William Sneen
7. Lisa Reedy
8. Chris McEvoy
9. Nick Moss
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OTHER VIEWS OF THE CANDIDATES AND THE FORUM

LINK to the almost daily Daily Pilot.

LINK to the OC REGISTER. [Don't be swayed by the poll. It's just friends of the candidates swamping the poll to spin things.]
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Those are our opinions and they're subject to change as the political season unfolds.

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