Comments on: Miguel Gallegos joins Atlanta City Council District 6 race

By: recoyle

recoyle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:57:13 +0000

Liz will be seen by the complacent, pro-establishment crowd in D6 as Anne without the negatives – unless Steve paints her differently. But Steve seems afraid to take a position on anything. Perhaps he fears that most people don’t mind the tax increase, love the Beltline, have had no problem with Shirley, etc. If he’s right that this is the D6 majority’s state of mind, why would he want to represent such a bunch of doofuses?

By: ATL Handicapper

ATL Handicapper — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:17:24 +0000

The District 6 race will be tough. It will be won by the person who works the hardest and convinces the voters they have the integrity, competency, and experience to represent the District. It will be decided in a run-off. Brodie seems to be one of the two in that run-off, but Coyle and Wan are both serious candidates. Gallegos could also make a difference, and we’ll have to wait for Mr. Wheatley to disclose the other potential candidate.

By: C Dunstan

C Dunstan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:44:47 +0000

Steve is going to win this without a run-off. Liz is a legend in her own mind. I know Liz. I don’t like Liz. I know Liz’s friends. THEY DON’T EVEN like her.

I know Alex. I like Alex. He’s a party boy. He’s going to collapse under questions.

And this Miguel. I’ve heard about his early “campaigning”. Not too inspiring. His photo in SoVo looks like a drag queen minus her wig.

Don’t forget, Steve got more than 50% of the ballots cast until Shirley intervened to save her lap dog. Steve has spent the last 4 years locking down that vote and adding to it. No matter how many people run, they are splitting a minority of the vote.

By: recoyle

recoyle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Liz loves being in the thick of it with Morsberger and Mason and throwing capital improvements at a school system with declining enrollment. So, yes, her expensive hyperactivity seems likely to be net negative in contrast to Claire Muller’s go-along complacency (also net negative).

By: VaHi

VaHi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:12 +0000

I am not aware that Claire Muller ever did any good. Are you saying that Liz Coyle would only do negative things?

By: recoyle

recoyle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:29 +0000

Darn, you’re right. That Honduran presidency spat had me thinking there were term limits for Atlanta council seats. Ms Coyle will probably stay longer and do even less good than Claire Muller over in Buckhead.

By: VaHi

VaHi — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:02:07 +0000

Are you suggesting Liz Coyle will leave after two terms? To go to what? Mayor?

By: recoyle

recoyle — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:38:53 +0000

Yo VaHi, Why count the days till Fauver’s gone? You’ll then have to count 8 more years of days till Coyle is gone. Like peanut says, they’re both with the same developer-friendly machine. How much profit would you like with your land, Wayne? $40 million? No problem – it’s only taxpayer money, after all, and my voters are so dumb / ill-informed /bamboozled by Beltline PR that they’ll barely notice.

By: VaHi

VaHi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:26:53 +0000

Has anyone counted the days until Anne Fauver is no longer our Council Member? District 6 needs good leadership, especially with the many challenges facing us. Anne was just about the weakest person on Council. It’s great to see so much interest in the open position.

By: peanut gallery

peanut gallery — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:08:05 +0000

So, when will we get another straight person in the race who can challange Liz Coyle, the annointed successor to Anne Fauver and the City Machine? Coyle assisted Fauver’s campaign last time, so we need an opposition candidate – even if that person loses, it’ll still offer some local political counterweight to the pro-Machine/Developer agenda promised by Coyle….