Thursday, January 18th, 2007...8:04 pm
No or Something
The Weekly ran an item in yesterday’s Skinny that named Adelita Grijalva as a possible candidate to run in Ward 1.
One of the publishers of the old New England Revolution fanzine Pictures of Chairman Mao had a word for such things:
Rumpswab.
I decided not to call Grijalva herself, since she just had a baby and is probably a wee bit busy, doncha think? Definitely too busy to be running for City Council. But I talked to several people close to her and the consensus was that she’d be a great candidate and a great councilmember, but she ain’t running. Not even considering it.
One of the things that has ginned up speculation is that no one has pulled packets to run in Ward 1. No Democrat, no Republican, no Libertarian. Even the old Anti-Masonic party hasn’t thrown in. No candidate has pulled a packet, including incumbent José Ibarra. We political observers abhor a vacuum, and any sign, no matter how weak, that there may be one leads all of us to make up all sorts of things.
Let’s see, who else lives in that ward? Paul Eckerstrom? Peter Hormel? Odie Mae Elliot? Oh yeah: Al Perry…
2 Comments
January 18th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
I’d bet you still have time to move into the ward and file, dude. is it really carpetbagging if no one’s running?
January 19th, 2007 at 5:36 am
Funny thing: the rules for residency for running for the Tucson City Council are pretty tight. I live in Ward 6…and I would have had to “reside” in Ward 1 for a year before I could run.
Besides, I still think Jose is going to run, and I don’t want to run against him.
Leave a Reply