Friday, July 24, 2009
No Go for Strickland in Mayor's Race
Posted by Jackson Baker on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Jim Strickland, the Memphis lawyer who developed a head of steam last month with his budget-cutting proposals as a city councilman and became the subject of a draft movement to run for mayor, has decided against running, the Flyer has learned.
Strickland's decision was communicated to friends and supporters at roughly noon on Friday — the first formal notice appearing on the "Draft Jim Strickland" Facebook page of Tom Guleff. There was no immediate explanation as to why Strickland opted not to run, but it is known that a poll was conducted under his auspices last week.
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Probably a wise decision. I think he would be a good mayor, but he would take many votes away from other good candidates (Wharton) as well, which would mean a dunderhead like Whalum could sneak in.
Sorry that you have decided not to run for mayor. I would have voted for you.
An African-American
Man, this sucks. I was all ready to vote for Big Jim. Guess I'll be voting for AC now.
I'm going wait for all of the dust to settle and see who has the best plan. Too bad Jim backed out. I wonder what Wharton offered him?
hmmm...
thanks tom.
i had to double check the definition of "dunderhead". here's what i found:
dunce: a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
well, tom, i guess i can't count on YOUR vote, huh?
83,000 voters can be pretty gullible i guess.
did i "sneak in" then too?
Thank you.
KENNETH TWIGG WHALUM, JR.
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