Along with a two other big stories in Newton today, there were two noteworthy developments after Village 14 broke the news last night that Newton Mayor Setti Warren will seek a second term:
- Board of Aldermen President Scott Lennon told Wicked Local that he won’t run against Warren.
- The mayor told Boston.com that if reelected he would serve his entire four-year term.
I’ve talked to the Mayor about this very issue. I expressed to him how unhappy I was about his run for Senate. We had a very good and frank discussion about it and I believe him in this pledge.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
@Barry: How were you fooled?
He was going to serve his first term. He loved the Newton he grew up in and wanted to be mayor.
He tried to leave as soon as an opportunity seemed to come up, an opportunity for which he was not qualified and which did not need him and his inexperience in order to defeat Scott Brown. He never wanted to be mayor of Newton but saw it as a chance to climb from obscurity to get where he really wanted to be.
By the way, there’s another case of “fool me once…….”
But much more threatening, if it’s true.
http://www.obamasrealfather.com/
I’m glad Mayor Warren made that commitment. It should be noted, his comments do not preclude the possibility he might still leave before his first term expires. President Obama’s reelection could trigger a political game of musical chairs, and that would happen well before the expiration of Warren’s first term.
I also think it’s extremely important that if Mayor Warren does in fact run for a second term, he be challenged. No one should be elected [or reelected] Mayor, unchallenged. It will be interesting to see who [if anyone] steps up.
Agreed, Mike, and, yes…it will be interesting to see who steps up.
In general, Mike, I agree with the sentiment that contested elections are desirable.
In this case, i don’t: Setti has done a very good job, and his plate is extremely full trying to resolves the huge infrastructure problems the city faces, so I hope he is unopposed so he can devote his full attention to those huge issues.
That’s an interesting perspective, Dan. I think your overlooking the vital importance of contested elections on the job performance of office holders.
If Mayor Warren is unopposed he could always debate Clint Eastwood’s chair.
Or the dining room table lady may be available. Actually, I was thinking someone should introduce Clint Eastwood to her.
I had no idea Eastwood was a Republican. It was kind of a bummer to find that out. Especially surprising after the ad he directed that ran during the Super Bowl, which came across as very pro-Obama.
People may have forgotten that Eastwood was once Mayor of Carmel, California. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Carmel a number of times. Eastwood has been out of office for years, but Newton could really take some tips from Carmel. It’s an exceptionally beautiful and well managed small city.
Not to mention remarkably wealthy.
ICYMI, here is Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention. Brilliant!
Clint was wrong. Obama’s not an empty chair, he’s an empty suit with a huge deceptive grin. By far, the worst president I’ve ever seen.
@Barry: Worst President ever??
Sorry, Dude, but it will be some time before anyone is worse that the War-Criminal, Country-Bankrupting, Crap-for-Brains, Evil-Doer George “F” Bush.
Yes, Obama is the worst president ever. All smoke and mirrors. He’s destroyed all our relationships with foreign countries. Nobody cares any more what the US thinks about anything. He’s has screwed up the economy of this country except for those who like getting the government to give them stuff for free, at the expense of the rest of us. He is moving us closer to Islam. He is clearly not too smart without his teleprompter, as all his gaffes indicate. We have accumulated an enormous national debt under him. The unemployment rate is twice as high as it was under Bush, especially considering that the Democrats took full control of Congress in 2006, while Bush was still president.
He’ll stand in that stadium at the convention, arrogant and mocking as usual, trying to make excuses for his abominable performance. He’s truly an Obamanation.
You should look at Bureau of Labor Statistics data before you blame Bush for everything. Bush didn’t have Obama’s elocution, but he is 10 times smarter than him.
Here’s the data. Remember that the Democrats took over Congress completely at the end of 2006.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
Stop with the Democratic talking points and lying rhetoric. Deal in facts.
And Barry and OM Hubbard should look at Warren G. Harding, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon, before deciding they know all they need to know before declaring the worst president ever.
I am not a student of history, but I don’t remember Richard Nixon leaving the country in shambles the way Bush did. Personally discredited and absolutely detested, yes, but the country wasn’t in such a woeful state.
And as for the other names, who are they?
Bush didn’t leave the country in a shambles. The near-collapse of the banking system was caused by people like Barney Frank wanting the US government to allow people who didn’t qualify for mortgages based upon their credit-worthiness to own homes, backed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. FM and FM countered by allowing these worthless mortgages to get wrapped up in CDO’s that were sold worldwide to the near collapse of banks everywhere.
Whether or not it was the right thing to do overall, it was Bush and Paulson that created TARP which saved the banks and for which Obama is taking credit. Not only that, unlike the so-called stimulus, most of TARP has been paid back to the US government with interest.