tribune endorses three for hc bocc
The local daily offered their suggestions for Hillsborough County Commission this past weekend. Not surprisingly, the Tampa Tribune endorsed Kevin Beckner over Brian Blair.
Also not surprising was their endorsements of Ken Hagan and Al Higginbotham. However, the reasons for these last two endorsements are quite disheartening. There were simply no real choices, and the Trib says as much, calling both of them “token opposition.”
Hagan’s “opponent” is write-in candidate Harold “Bud” Gleason, and here are the kind words said about him:
… Hagan’s write-in opponent represents no credible alternative.
Higginbotham’s “opponent,” Pete Gifford (no party affiliation), was given even less:
…
It’s blank because the Trib said nothing about him. They didn’t even feel it necessary to come up with another way to say “no credible alternative.”
And, no, this is not another dig on our newspaper.
There are two years before the next local elections. I wonder if we’ll find a “credible alternative” by then.
Tags: election '08, endorsement, Hillsborough County
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