There is an interesting similarity in the mayoral races in Lubbock, Abilene, and Wichita Falls. Three incumbent mayors are being challenged by folks running as consummate conservatives far to the right of the incumbents. But are the opponents legitimately conservative, or are they engaging in what many of these incumbents did to first win, namely using conservative words and ideas simply to get votes but never having a commitment to such?
Kevin Hunter
Wichita Falls’ race is the easiest for me to decode because Kevin Hunter has a proven record in the community of successfully fighting excess and extravagant local government spending. And while Mayor Stephen Santellana seems a nice fellow, he also seems to be a servant more of the city bureaucracy and its financial interests than he is of the taxpaying citizenry. I recommend Kevin Hunter for Wichita Falls mayor.
Abilene’s mayor, Anthony Williams, is being challenged by Cynthia Alvidrez and in her newspaper Q&A she sounds like a star conservative we could get excited about for state rep. or any race. The big “however,” is that I’ve never heard of her, from her, or from her supporters.
Anthony Williams
If you are running for mayor to the right of Williams, who has appeared on this show many times but has also faced sharp criticism here, would you not at least have wanted to talk to Abilene’s largest conservative political audience over the year? I simply doubt the conservative bona fides of candidates whom leading conservatives haven’t met and seen working for the cause. I would vote to return Anthony Williams to office.
I’ll get to Lubbock’s mayoral race tomorrow as well as a few other non-partisan races there.
For the rest of the ballot, vote the full ballot, top to bottom, and vote for the Republican in all partisan races. Even the worst Republican today is far superior to any Leftwing Democrat – and they’re all Leftwing in that party now.
Pratt recommendation in Abilene & Wichita Falls mayoral race
Kevin Hunter
Wichita Falls’ race is the easiest for me to decode because Kevin Hunter has a proven record in the community of successfully fighting excess and extravagant local government spending. And while Mayor Stephen Santellana seems a nice fellow, he also seems to be a servant more of the city bureaucracy and its financial interests than he is of the taxpaying citizenry. I recommend Kevin Hunter for Wichita Falls mayor.
Abilene’s mayor, Anthony Williams, is being challenged by Cynthia Alvidrez and in her newspaper Q&A she sounds like a star conservative we could get excited about for state rep. or any race. The big “however,” is that I’ve never heard of her, from her, or from her supporters.
Anthony Williams
If you are running for mayor to the right of Williams, who has appeared on this show many times but has also faced sharp criticism here, would you not at least have wanted to talk to Abilene’s largest conservative political audience over the year? I simply doubt the conservative bona fides of candidates whom leading conservatives haven’t met and seen working for the cause. I would vote to return Anthony Williams to office.
I’ll get to Lubbock’s mayoral race tomorrow as well as a few other non-partisan races there.
For the rest of the ballot, vote the full ballot, top to bottom, and vote for the Republican in all partisan races. Even the worst Republican today is far superior to any Leftwing Democrat – and they’re all Leftwing in that party now.