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Originally Posted by Flatland Metropolis
Problem with Bowman is that he's cut from the same cloth as most of the other candidates and they are all going to pull from each other. Lots of people declaring now but many will drop out by the time September rolls around and polls are not in their favour.
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Yup. This is the truth. But Bowman is really the only serious candidate of the bunch. He'll have the support of the Chamber and the arts community and the legal world and so forth.
He's a bona fide candidate. Like I said, everybody is going to want to ensure as seamless a transition as possible and that's going to mean business as usual. This is an expensive campaign financed by a lot of people who are going to demand something in exchange for their support (read: $). Our city is already inching toward the precipice. If there's any inkling at all that City Hall isn't prepared to play ball with the big money, it could spell trouble for development.
Expect candidates like Fielding and Havixbeck to see the writing on the wall fairly early. Steeves is a credible threat, but he's also an ex-councilor. JWL is simply "not Sam Katz" at this point and all her early polling was exclusive of any viable alternatives.
This is going to heat up pretty nicely, I'd think. Bowman's as polished as they come and he's the stalking horse on behalf of all the same interests tied to Katz right now. Somebody's going to have a tough hill to climb to beat him...
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