About time an accountant turned bar and burger shack owner runs for mayor.
Well, it hasn’t been a big secret that Pat might run, and I actually think he would be one of the stronger candidates;
City Councilor Pat Costello is the latest potential candidate considering a run for mayor in 2010. Costello, who currently is a councilor at large, told me Tuesday where he stands in his decision-making process. “An endeavor of this nature is a big process, and I just want to make sure I have a strong team to help me do it right,” Costello said.
but after I have seen him trying to coverup some information at council meetings and his business partnerships with the SF Storm owner I have changed my mind about how effective Pat would be as a mayor. First off, I am a big opponent of businesses owners who associate themselves professionally with tax evaders. Not sure if Pat knew the details, but guilty by association can kill a political candidate really quick. Just look at Daschle’s perceived association with his wife, nail in his coffin. I also don’t take kindly to elected officials who tolerate or participate in censorship, we have had enough of that crap over the past seven years, it needs to end in 2010.
I also see that Gerald Beninga is probably not running for mayor – Mr. Berate councilor Staggers and citizens at council meetings as much as he can;
Meanwhile, though it’s not official, it is believed that Councilor Gerald Beninga might seek a seat on the Minnehaha County Commission instead.
Good place for Gerald, he’ll fit right in with those back biting brat kids over there. You need to learn to pout and blame others for your mistakes. You also need to learn to talk smack about other elected officials of the opposite political party when they are not around to defend themselves.
L3wis:
“Just look at Daschle’s perceived association with his wife, nail in his coffin.”
Are you friggin’ serious? First of all, no one knows the “details” of what will happen at the beginning of a partnership, whether it’s a marriage or a business realtionship. And if shit starts getting dicey down the road, neither one is all that easy to seperate from. Human nature is to make the best of it and work through it.
Also, I haven’t seen where any of Costello’s associates have been convicted of tax evasion. So until that point, assume like a spouse, that they are working it out with the IRS.
Daschle’s situation is not even close. He’s a lobbyist, wife’s a lobbyist, whole family is lobbyists for the most part. Daschle tried to claim that he and his wife didn’t discuss each other’s clientele personally when he was in the Senate, and we all know that is pure horseshit. Why would Linda command the $$$ she did if she wasn’t peddling her unique brand of “access” to the Majority Leader?
As for PC, I think he’d make a good mayor. You want someone with vision and he has that. I figured if you were going to torpedo his candidacy, it would be due to the fact that his family are a bunch of those “evil” developers.
Oh, I’m sure they are working it out, like I said above, having the ‘perception’ of tax evasion is NOT a good thing for a political candidate. It sunk Daschle’s appointment to Obama’s cabinet. I think the problem I have with Costello is he has gotten busted more then once witholding committee information from the other councilors, that is a form of censorship, and I have Zero tolerance for it. We had enough that shit with Munson, we don’t need to go down that road again.