Hooray, hooray! The election results are in and I've been returned to office with 75% of the vote. Thanks so much to all the people who voted for me, to my staunch supporters Edie and Janet, and to my ever-suffering husband who puts up with my weird hours and endless phone calls. I pledge to do my best and not let you down.The real surprise was veteran councilmember Don Vaughan's loss. I've always wondered about the power of endorsements (or lack thereof). My layman's analysis tells me yes, endorsements can definitely affect the outcome of an election. Don's defeat will leave me as the "senior member" of the new city council with 14 years of continuous service (or as my husband indelicately phrased it - "the oldest rat in the barn").
The other interesting development is that there will be SIX WOMEN (Sandra Anderson, Dianne Bellamy-Small, Florence Gatten, Yvonne Johnson, Goldie Wells, and me) on the new city council, outnumbering the guys two-to-one. That tells me that the Commission on the Status of Women is probably safe from Tom Phillips' annual call to eliminate it (although I can now hear Tom saying that these election results demonstrate that women have achieved the power and don't need the commission to boost us anymore).
It's going to be really interesting to see how the dynamics and interactions of this new council shape up!
5 comments:
Congratulations, Sandy. I was pleased to be part of that 75% that voted for you.
Congratulations are definitely in order for you, even though I couldn't directly help you get there (living beside a person's ward doesn't count apparently come election time). Thanks for working so diligently to promote regional issues and try and include as many people as possible in the "public's business".
Aside from you and Yvonne Johnson, who are the other incumbents on the City Council?
Hopefully, Don Vaughan will continue to be active in The City.
Thanks for the vote, Patrick, and for the good wishes, Mike K.
The other incumbents are Mayor Keith Holliday, Dianne Bellamy-Small, Tom Phillips, and Florence Gatten.
Clearly, political weblogs helped you and Tom Phillips seek re-election in the recent electoral cycle.
Now, we must focus our attention on shaping public policy and crafting an articulate message to be disseminated to the local mass media outlets, particularly that of WFMY-2.
As one of the most powerful women in Guilford County, you have the influential leverage to thwart mass media bias that is transformed into injustice and inequality in our community.
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