Wednesday, September 13, 2017

How Not To Look Stupid: 6 lessons Senator Joel Ford will not learn from the big ol' whoop-ass the voters handed him yesterday

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"Until" came about 9.30 last night. Ford was the only one who didn't read "viewing" as in "funeral."


1. When constituents write you about issues before the General Assembly, don't respond with, "I guess you saw what happened in the papers."

2. When you are running in an off-year, low-turnout primary, don't close your Facebook page to people asking for the meat of your pie-in-the-sky plans. Most of the city was rightly ignorant of you. Frittering away your base is kinda dumb.

People don't take kindly to being blocked by the man who says he wants to rebuild communication between city government and the people. Your senate constituents, even less so.

3. The Charlotte Pride Festival is the biggest single event in Charlotte. People- over 150,000 this year- notice when candidates don't show up, then fill their Facebook page with photos at the event they preferred to attend.



4. People also notice when a candidate launches a surprise Facebook ad claiming to be an LGBT ally. Voting records are public, as is the stuff one says while campaigning. 

So when journalist Matt Comer challenged your gay rights record, it wasn't very bright tweeting him that GIF of a dog taking a dump.

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5. Spending $32 for every vote you got is something most folks would really only expect from a Raleigh legislator.

6. When 85% of your own party vote against you, it's worth some head-scratching, however much you may hate doing that.

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