The infamous "Be true 2 da game" postcard from Ward 21 Councilman "Wal-Mart Mike" Dolan showed up in my Ward 15 mailbox today, so I guess it must be part of the Campbell campaign's general West Side end game. (Unless, of course, the Mayor disowns it... but I haven't gotten that email yet. I wonder what the Red Room Revolutionaries think?)
My favorite line on the postcard is this item in the list of Frank Jackson's "game-playing":
Sponsored legislation that caused many Financial Institutions to stop mortgage lending in Cleveland.We're a little light on footnotes here, but the only Jackson-sponsored ordinance dealing with mortgages that I know of is the 2003 predatory lending ordinance. You know, the one the Campbell Administration proudly supported and has been defending in court against state pre-emption. The one that passed City Council on January 13, 2003 by a vote of 21 to 0. (Here's the relevant City Record... see pages 6 to 9.)
21-0. Why, that means Mike Dolan must have voted for it! He must feel terrible, now that "many Financial Institutions have stopped mortage lending in Cleveland" because of his vote. I wonder if he's going to publicly apologize to the residents of Ward 21.
What a weasel.