What David Thielin says about Coleman

On David's blog, he stated:

"Shawn Coleman - The official story is if you sit on a board or two, show that you are thoughtful, work hard, and are sufficiently liberal, then you will get elected by the system. Shawn has done all that. If he finishes within 2% of 4th place then the official story is legit. If he finished 5 - 10% below 4th then the official story is a bunch of B.S. and the real story is you have to be "one of us" to get elected."

One of what you dick. One of us means one of the community. Those elected have extremely deep roots in the community. Your analysis, like your predictions of Shawn's "easy" win is all wrong. Shawn lost because he is out of touch. Not because he is dumb. Not because he is not brilliant. But because he really does not know about the fabric of Boulder. Serving on a board, for one or two years, without really being part of the community is not enough. He is not a nationally recognized environmental lawyer. He is not someone who has fought neighborhood battles for years. He does not have a record on any issues. Did he doorbell any precincts. In short, he is not yet part of the political community in this town. Has he lived in Boulder long enough to influence any policy. No.

David, analysis of how politics works in a small town is simply out of touch with reality, but is based on a small blogger view of the world. If the bloggers knew what was going on, Gov. Dean would be president, and Shawn Coleman would be on council.

I was right, David was wrong. As expected.

Wow, I was so on. David was so wrong. Shows what you know about local politics. After a night of gloating, i will explain in great detail why David Thielin's blog should be read by nobody.

Why Adam lost

Adam Massey lost for one reason alone (other than he did not get enough votes).

He is not genuine. He is a complete fake, more interested in power and position than either helping this city or pushing genuine policy interests. If he had really believed in any of this positions, he would have won. But people can spot a phony a mile a way.

As an aside, who the F@#* votes for balance. Adam said "vote for me, I bring balance." The people that did vote for Adam didn't vote for him to bring balance to council, they voted because of his BOC stance or pro-growth stance (not exactly balanced positions). So at least the people that voted for this phony voted for him out of a policy they were in favor of.

Adam, however, is extremely qualified to be turned down by council, yet again, for a Board position.

Coleman Wins!!

Shocking, but true. Shawn wins a four year seat, proving that I am a complete idiot. Competence and hard work counts for something.

Big Ego

Candidates to vote against because they offer us their special leadership skills, as opposed to positions on issues. In other words, they think they are great and that we need them, because we are stupid and they know better. Good reason to kick them to curb.

Shawn Coleman
Alan O'Hashi
Susan Peterson
Rob Smoke (small ego, but crazy)
Matt Applebutt
Messey Adam
Nabil (great cook though, ego profession)

Real bigline revised

The election is over. The winners have been determined. Though some of you may continue to vote, you will vote in the same proportions as those who have already voted. Big change is switch between Susan and Crystal, Ken and Lisa and Adam and Erik. All indications are that everybody is voting for Gray. Revised Coleman's numbers way down. Ken is getting pounded by the business community for his hill activities, this will cost him a four year seat.

Expect an extremely low turnout. 37 to 42 percent of registered voters.

Though the votes have not been counted, they will read:

1. Crystal Gray- 14,238
2. Susan Osborne - 13, 928
3. Angie Espinoza - 11, 355
4. Macon Cowles - 11, 287
5. Lisa Morzel - 10,766
6. Ken Wilson - 10, 527
7. Matt A. - 10,456
8. Eric Rurtherford- 8,688
9. Adam Massey - 8,200
10. Eugene Pearson 7,245
11. Shawn Coleman - 4,892
12. Larry Quilling - 4,678
13. Alan O'Hashi - 3, 764
14. Philip Hernandez - 2,876
15. Rob Smoke - 38.925
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Nail in Adam's Coffin

David Thielin gets it right, realtor's endorsement is the nail in Adam's coffin. The big developer support of Angie Espinoza will probably not hurt her, given her deep Democratic party roots and human service support. She is also a small businesswoman, so her ties will not hurt her with most voters.

Rutherford's increase in name recognition, because of big developer support, will not help. Being pegged as THE developer candidate is not going to help, especially after the Washington School vote by council. With no broad support, he gets only the development and conservative vote, which is worth less than the 10,000 votes required.

Sorry folks, Coleman is going nowhere. Despite the paper endorsements, he simply is not well known enough and lacks a campaign. People do not vote for competence, they vote for people who support their positions. Colman is running as the competent candidate, which isn't enough. Further, blogging and going to candidate forums is not a campaign. How many people are volunteering for Coleman. Five, two, zero? I bet its one of these numbers. How many people are volunteering for Sierra Club and Plan B. 50, 100, 250? How many flyers did these groups send out. 40,000? Despite the supposed buzz around Coleman, he is going to be defeated soundly because (1) no campaign or money (2) he is not in touch with Boulder voters on the issues they care about, ie, the environment, growth and city services. Remember, the vast majority of voters do not know the candidates, and briefly reviewing the candidates, there is nothing about Coleman that stands out. People do not sit in the living rooms and decide "I'm going to vote for Coleman because he says he is going to do a good job"; instead they say "I'm going to vote for Lisa Morzel because she's against density development like Washington School and the Transit Village."