Even Captain Smith knew when to put out the lifeboats. Democratic ship Titanic is shoring up its campaign by focusing on the issues that squeal loudly in their political meetings, yet remain far from the kitchen table issues that most Norwalkers are concerned about. The Dems plan, according to the Hour is to run as a team under a unified platform. Which would be interesting if that were news, but that’s how the Democrats have been running campaigns since 2001. Remember team Knopp? You don’t? Well, his website is still up as a reminder that La plus ça change, la plus c’est la même chose …
Despite three articles on the subject of Norwalk Democrats, no one over at the Hour pieced together what the unified theory of election chaos was going to be. But it shouldn’t come as a surprise to readers here, because it can be summed up in three brilliant items, sure to get Norwalkers excited.
- Bend over and fully fund Corda and Opdahls education budgets without asking any questions that might discover uncomfortable facts like the imperial duo are wasting tax payer money on things that absolutely don’t benefit educating kids.
- Establish Historic preservation as the top platform because everyone knows that the roads are paved, flooding is imaginary, property taxes are too low, and historic preservation will make it easier for seniors to live and enjoy Norwalk.
- Ignore open government initiatives like ethics reform, forensic accounting of city and BOE budgets, opening up board appointments to the public at large and instead focus on appointing cronies to all boards and commissions.
District D thus chose to recommend Gail Wall, Anna Duleep as in district candidates to run along with incumbent Doug Sutton (at large) and BOE candidate Shirley Mosby. I can’t wait to see how Ken Slapin will react to Duleep’s call for more efficiency apartments, particularly in the Wall street redevelopment area, where he took such interest in opposing an affordable housing requirement that majority of new housing units built be either one bedroom or studios.
With four months left till election day, things could change. The iceberg of public opinion could melt, and Corda and Opdahl could discover huge savings and improved test scores, and our roads could become paved in historic gold. Or you could, as many Democrats acknowledge secretly, stick a fork in it, because the local elections are done, and those presidential primaries are mighty enticing. So while local DTC Dems will be rallying under the increase educational funding for historical preservation appointments flag, the rest of the Dems will be following Obama-mania, Dodd Squad and Hillary’s tango through the primary forest.
