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I get it. Yesterday was rough. I’ll give you a little room.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 9:04 pm By: Big Bob

Comrade Biden would be the clear example in the US. He is what Margaret Thatcher called "the loony left" and he is crooked as a snake.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 7:16 pm By: John Steed

Not in the US!

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 6:59 pm By: Big Bob

This is rich; always an admirable trait to laugh at profound stupidity.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 5:45 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Obviously, Big Bob, your words are not the actions of the Democratic Socialists.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 3:41 pm By: Stan Deatherage

The far left has won without honesty far too often, from Lenin to Mao to Castro to the Greek far left a few elections back to Venezuela, etc.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By: John Steed

JS, no ideology can win without honesty. Sure, both sides may win battles, but the war is one by putting people first. No exceptions. The far right and far left will never rule.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 1:45 pm By: Big Bob

Pitt and Hodges have been on the council with Sadler and seen that he does not handle someone questioning or disagreeing with his policy very well. Sadler would all too often just refuse to call on Bobby Roberson at all and at one meeting loudly threatened to have the police remove Bobby from the meeting (which would have been illegal if Sadler had followed through on it). Do either of them have the backbone to stand up to a power obsessed mayor who behaves like Idi Amin? I have my doubts.

You're right, Washingtonian. It is going to be up to taxpayers to keep an eye on our city government, and we must remember that the Sddler bunch just refuses to respond to FOIA requests if he wants to cover something up. That is the opposite of transparency.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

What a travesty. Even moderate liberals capable of thinking for themselves like Brabo and Beedle lost. I would be happey with a council majority not in the mayor's hip pocket, even if they were liberals. Now we have two more Richard Brooks, and Brooks never knew whether he was coming or going and had to be told how to vote. Taxpayers should have turned out to vote in greater numbers.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 11:48 am By: Rino Hunter

Well, I guess we can expect more corrupt insider deals like the city buying Brooks' two substandard lots, but who be there to catch it with Bobby Roberson gone? I don't see either Hodges or Pitt having the backbone to do that. They may not vote with Sadler on the more egregious things, but is either likely to have the sorts of confrontations with him that Bobby did over improprieties Sadler was up to? The people do not even have a real watchdog any more. Yes, this is going to be a bad two years.

Commented: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 9:43 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

Bob, you finally said something I agree with. All groups, over time becomes corrupt. That is why electing new people and, if they are not honest, not allowing them to stay in power is the secret to long term success. Few people have the honor to represent the public and not themselves.

Commented: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 4:19 pm By: Hood Richardson