167 Citizens, 167 Candidates.

The race for Mayor?


More is being made of the race for city council that the race for mayor is being totally dismissed.

The media are saying that just because there are 167 candidates in the race that it is not legitimate, they can’t give everyone equal time. Stop your crying. it is not the media’s job to give us equal time; it is not the media’s job to interview each and every one of us. This is the candidate’s job; we have to talk to the people, the voters, and the ones that will put us in office.
The Mayor runs the city, but this more important job is being ignored by the media. Why? When 15 people were trying to be Mayor just six month ago, they couldn’t wait to interview, debate, and investigate the field. Now with 167 city council candidates, not to mention the 44 for charter commission, The Mayor’s race is void. The media might as well say, just vote for city council, Dave Bing is a shoe-in.

Now for my follow candidates: Why are you letting the media beat up on us as if we don’t have a right to run, like we don’t care for Detroit? We should we just sit back and let all hell break loose. Let the people in office ‘sing and dance’ and do whatever their little ‘sticky fingers’ and hearts want them to do. Should we care that they taking envelopes fill of money, that their singing in London and commenting on Michael Jackson while their co-workers are pleading guilty in the courts. We should sit back while the ones we vote in office are treating it like a second part-time job. Stand up to the media and say “I’m running because I care about Detroit and its people! I care what happens in the neighborhoods, the schools, and the streets of this city.” I haven’t heard any of this from any of the candidates. Just “Vote for me, vote for me, vote for me.”
What will happen when we vote for you? Will you “sing and dance” take money for a vote, treat the people who put you in office like a second job. Treat this city like a second job. I hope not.
The 6 running for the top job of Mayor (not including any write ins.) this race is for you also. Where is the Mayoral Debates that we have all come to know and love? There are three names that did not run in the special election. What do they stand for, who are they, and why haven’t we heard from them? Only two of you will survive the primary, perhaps then we will have Mayoral Debates as well as city council debates. Perhaps then this will turn into a normal race and not a bash-a-thon for the 167. The 167 citizens who said “Let’s make a difference.” Not all are sincere, neither about the campaign nor the city, but most are. I am.

I don’t care who you vote for, weather it is me or the other 166 candidates in the race, just vote.

• Vote for Mayor.
• Vote for City Clerk
• Vote for City Council
• Vote for Charter Commission
• Vote for Board of Education at large.

Just vote.

Herbie Felton
City Council Candidate