The Campaign Signs Are in Bloom
For the past several weeks, many businesses, yards and vacant lots have been wearing this season's fashionable campaign signs. Used car dealers seem to prefer the fashion of the terse "Vote Corbin" signs, making one wonder if they support him as a pro-business candidate or because his firm represents their legal interests.
All of the other candidates have chosen somewhat more artistic signs, from the green swath that adorns Young's sign to the handlebar mustache on Reynold's. The signs cannot give a good reason for voting for any particular candidate, but they can tell you where the battle lines are being drawn. Reynolds, Latham and Gilmore signs appear with those for newcomer Otis Evans. Turo and Wilkerson have a very few signs about and those are usually in close proximity to Corbin signs. Rumor is that their campaigns are funded at least in part by Corbin. I suspect that may not be true, but if it is, he is not a very supportive backer for these two.
But back to the terse "Vote Corbin" signs. My question is: Vote Corbin for what? I would like to propose "Vote Corbin, Stop Progress" as the most accurate possibility for this. Or perhaps "Vote Corbin for Puppetmaster" for that is what he seems to be becoming. Corbin seems to have gotten his marionette strings out and started tying them on to the mayor. And we all know he has them on Wilkerson and Vale already. At this point, a vote for Corbin is the same as voting to give him control of the city council. And if Corbin remains but manages to oust Latham with his lapdog, Turo, then this city will suffer mightily.
Latham, Gilmore and Reynolds have always understood that the quality of life issues are a major part of what city services must be about. That means proper staffing of fire and police, but it also means good roads and traffic flow, parks, libraries, senior centers, and even golf courses. Yes, I know. The golf course is evil and costs the taxpayers a fortune. Not so! The golf course has operated at a profit much of the time, although last year obviously that could not be true due to rerouting of the courses and the remodeling of the Connell house into a golf facility, it seems to be headed to even bigger profits than before. It appears that we may indeed have the sort of course that people are more than willing to come from all over to play, and that means hotel/motel and restaurant revenue on top of the golf course revenue.
Many, many good things happened to Killeen during the watch of Gilmore, Reynolds and Latham. I hope to see some or all of them back during the next council term. But even if they are not there, I hope the voters will turn out in ample numbers to make it clear that the people of this city are choosing their council members instead of letting just a few voters control everything. An apathetic populace is the worst-case scenario Killeen could have.
All of the other candidates have chosen somewhat more artistic signs, from the green swath that adorns Young's sign to the handlebar mustache on Reynold's. The signs cannot give a good reason for voting for any particular candidate, but they can tell you where the battle lines are being drawn. Reynolds, Latham and Gilmore signs appear with those for newcomer Otis Evans. Turo and Wilkerson have a very few signs about and those are usually in close proximity to Corbin signs. Rumor is that their campaigns are funded at least in part by Corbin. I suspect that may not be true, but if it is, he is not a very supportive backer for these two.
But back to the terse "Vote Corbin" signs. My question is: Vote Corbin for what? I would like to propose "Vote Corbin, Stop Progress" as the most accurate possibility for this. Or perhaps "Vote Corbin for Puppetmaster" for that is what he seems to be becoming. Corbin seems to have gotten his marionette strings out and started tying them on to the mayor. And we all know he has them on Wilkerson and Vale already. At this point, a vote for Corbin is the same as voting to give him control of the city council. And if Corbin remains but manages to oust Latham with his lapdog, Turo, then this city will suffer mightily.
Latham, Gilmore and Reynolds have always understood that the quality of life issues are a major part of what city services must be about. That means proper staffing of fire and police, but it also means good roads and traffic flow, parks, libraries, senior centers, and even golf courses. Yes, I know. The golf course is evil and costs the taxpayers a fortune. Not so! The golf course has operated at a profit much of the time, although last year obviously that could not be true due to rerouting of the courses and the remodeling of the Connell house into a golf facility, it seems to be headed to even bigger profits than before. It appears that we may indeed have the sort of course that people are more than willing to come from all over to play, and that means hotel/motel and restaurant revenue on top of the golf course revenue.
Many, many good things happened to Killeen during the watch of Gilmore, Reynolds and Latham. I hope to see some or all of them back during the next council term. But even if they are not there, I hope the voters will turn out in ample numbers to make it clear that the people of this city are choosing their council members instead of letting just a few voters control everything. An apathetic populace is the worst-case scenario Killeen could have.
posted by Killeen Commentator at 5:37 PM
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