One of our FranklinNOW bloggers has pointed out what he feels to be smear tactics by incumbent Mayoral candidate Tom Taylor. The blog never states what those smears are but just points to where you may find them.
While perusing Kristen Wilhelm's 3rd District aldermanic candidate website (one of the Election links featured on his blogsite) , a couple of phrases came across that could be misconstrued as smears to Kristen's opponent Al Hammelman....
One was " Special interest goals have become entrenched within the Council and it is time for a change! " on Kristen's I will be a stronger voice for the taxpaying citizens page. I would say Kristen could be implying her opponent Al Hammelman, is a pawn of of special interests as he is a current council member.
The other is "The 3rd District is being ignored and the citizens need a stronger voice. For our Council, it has been all about opportunistic development, while the safety issues for the 3rd District increase with each passing day." on Kristen's Why is Kristen the 3rd District's better choice? page. Looks like Kristen is saying Al Hammelman finds it more important to go after "Opportunistic Development" rather than safety issues in the 3rd District and that he ignores his constituents.
Kristen also states "Over the past eight years of my volunteer work in the City, I have not been intimidated by the Council or the special interest groups that bring their business before the City." One only needs to read Janet Evans WHY THE EC BUGS ME to understand what Kristen means.
So is Kristen Wilhelm smearing her opponent on her election blog by tying Al Hammelman to Special interests and opportunistic developers?
I don't really think so.
No more than, Tom Taylor is tying past law suits to his opponent Basil Ryan as a picture of his future performance, if he was elected Mayor.
Now who the heck is Wagging the Dog this time? We will soon see.
