re: #449 Anymouse

Sanders backed him. His own party abandoned him.

Building a party presence takes time. Getting a more liberal message out will take time. But the party has to start somewhere. Mello might have been that start, but instead Omaha will continue reverting its downtown streets to gravel roads because taxes are theft at the point of a gun (and if you want your street paved you have to pay for it yourself).

Thanks to Mayor Stothert, Omaha is the largest city in the nation with gravel downtown streets. Real good for attracting business.

North Omaha is represented by Ernie Chambers (I-atheist) in the state legislature.

Is Mello ideal? No. No candidate is. But he was a mile away better than Stothert. I’m guessing Stothert will be in the state legislature soon. Don’t know about Heath Mello. I’m sure the GOP can come up with an even bigger wingnut than Mayor Stothert for the next mayor’s election.

Listen all I want you to know is admti that you mischaracterized my senator’s record on abortion rights. That’s the only reason why I called you out. I don’t disagree with any of the points you’re making about how Mello should have gotten more support and yes it does take time to grow but as I told you, there are finite resources here. You don’t want ot hear it but it’s much more important that the Dems retaining Va and flip NJ’s governor houses than Omaha. And again I ask you, how much DNC money do you really think goes into thoes other city races? And honestly, I think sometimes candidates need to use the lack of DNC support to their advantage especial y in a state like Nebraska where the DNC isn’t exactly popular.