Danbury Democratic Town Committee Members: Traitors or Heroes?
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Rumor has it that few Danbury Democratic Town Committee members contributed to Mayor Boughton re-election victory two years ago. Some people might see these members as traitors or heroes. Why did they help Mayor Boughton and not their own candidate? As I was searching for answers, I came a cross an article titled "Incumbents vs Debutants." In the article, it is stated,
Could this be the reason some Danbury Democratic Town Committee members secretly campaigned for Mayor Boughton two years ago? I wonder if these same people will help Mayor Boughton this year. Should Helena Abrantes worry? Will the behavior of these members affect the voters in 2007? Should democrats get the “feeling that their candidate [Helena Abrantes] is destined to fail,” and therefore, “vote for the incumbent candidate [Mayor Mark Boughton] to make their vote bear fruit”? If those Danbury Democratic Town Committee members thought that their candidate was destined to fail before the election took place, they should have read the paragraph below from the article.
The incumbent candidate with active support of his personal staff – who are paid from the Govt kitty- unleash vicious campaigns through visual medias maligning the opponent’s image; who finds it hard to counter as he has less access with powers that be. Lack of resources and media coverage makes him low-profile from the very beginning. Even his voters get a feeling that their candidate is destined to fail, and do not take pains to work for him not even cast a vote for him. Even his party-men may vote for the incumbent candidate to make their vote bear fruit!
Could this be the reason some Danbury Democratic Town Committee members secretly campaigned for Mayor Boughton two years ago? I wonder if these same people will help Mayor Boughton this year. Should Helena Abrantes worry? Will the behavior of these members affect the voters in 2007? Should democrats get the “feeling that their candidate [Helena Abrantes] is destined to fail,” and therefore, “vote for the incumbent candidate [Mayor Mark Boughton] to make their vote bear fruit”? If those Danbury Democratic Town Committee members thought that their candidate was destined to fail before the election took place, they should have read the paragraph below from the article.
A debutant candidate has his own plus points; he offers a change in the whole boring landscape of electoral politics, he rekindles hope and new aspirations in the minds of people who wish to see some pleasant change –however small it is- in the process of democracy which has been here for quite a lot of time. Whether the debutant will fulfill the aspirations is another matter, but can offer some hope for the voters even for the sake of just hope, it would be far better than living without hope!
3 Comments:
Who campaigned for the mayor?
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Anonymous, 7:35 PM
Anonymous, 7:35 PM
of course they voted for Boughton, the Democrats never have quality candidates!
You say, "contributed" to the Mayor's re-election. How? Financially? How much? And who exactly?
Don't leave this as just "rumors." If you have information from the list of contributors to Boughton's political campaign--which is available to the public at the Town Clerk's office--we need to know!
Don't leave this as just "rumors." If you have information from the list of contributors to Boughton's political campaign--which is available to the public at the Town Clerk's office--we need to know!
