It has been said that the flag is too often the camouflage of a scoundrel. Similarly, one might conclude that the partisan flag-waving being practiced by the John Kavanagh PAC in support of his wife’s hand-picked mayoral candidate is nothing more than a campaign dirty trick – an effort to inject partisan allegiances into our heretofore non-partisan mayoral elections.
This is a non-partisan election for good reason. The political dogmas that define (and often paralyze) the two political parties have no bearing on the problems that face Fountain Hills, or their potential solutions.
Both mayoral candidates believed that the pathway for a successful future for our town would be smoother with the adoption of a primary property tax. Both went public with their support for that proposition. By a large margin, the voters disagreed – non-partisan democracy at work.
Now, one candidate, Ginny Dickey, has laid out a cogent vision of how we might get along without the tax, relying upon prudent budgeting and utilizing volunteer, home-grown expertise and talent (of which there is a great deal). It’s an example of “thinking out of the box,” it does not fly in the face of either Republican or Democrat dogma, and it can work. Rather than oppose or embrace that idea, Ginny Dickey’s opponent is hiding behind the Kavanagh PAC partisan sloganeering.
Yates is for “good government!” Dickey is for “big government!” Baloney!
Tell the Kavanagh PAC to give it a rest. Our elections are non-partisan. Only one candidate has offered a positive idea of how to take our town forward. That candidate knows when partisanship has its place and when it does not. That candidate happens to be Ginny Dickey.
