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Is Mayor Coleman term limited?
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ypincolumbus
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Posted 3 years ago # -
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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I can tell you at least one name many here would like to see run. I don't know if Mary Ellen is planning on a Mayorial Bid any time soon though.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Tenzo
Chicago Lakeshore
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I've seen bad examples of what can happen with term limits.
In Philly the mayor is limited to two terms.
Throughout the last mayors terms he spent as much in the future as possible. Promising lavish pensions to city employees that are now bankrupting the current city.Posted 3 years ago # -
ypincolumbus
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Coleman seems like a pretty solid mayor. Does anyone expect any serious challenge to him next time around?
Posted 3 years ago # -
Core_Models
Columbus
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Depends on the economic recovery/success of revitalization projects/rail/etc.
Many conservatives hate him, consider him a big spender, but if his efforts see results (which I think they will) he'll be hard to compete with.
Posted 3 years ago # -
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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I like to joke that I don't like Coleman, he's too earnest and straight-arrow by himself. He needs someone to tousle his hair, some quirky local superhero to drive him crazy.
We need ... Mossman ... in urban camo, glowering down on City Hall from his lofty aerie among the art deco gargoyles on the LeVeque Tower ... swooping down at some ribbon-cutting ceremony to tangle the Mayor in the ribbon and taunt him about closing rec centers.
Now that would be more balanced.
Posted 3 years ago # -
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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Tenzo wrote >>
I've seen bad examples of what can happen with term limits.
In Philly the mayor is limited to two terms.
Throughout the last mayors terms he spent as much in the future as possible. Promising lavish pensions to city employees that are now bankrupting the current city.There's a big difference. Michael Coleman is a fantastic mayor. In Philadelphia's case, John Street is an ass who should never have been nominated in the first place, let alone elected for two terms (the latter I blame on the FBI's wire taps being found right before the election). Michael Nutter has a lot of work to do to fix the corruption scars.
Posted 3 years ago # -
ypincolumbus
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Sorry, I'm not really up on Columbus politics but how much relative power does Coleman/City Council have? Also, are there any good local sites that keep up on this stuff? Dispatch politics is awful.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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ypincolumbus wrote >>
Are there any good local sites that keep up on this stuff?http://www.columbusunderground.com/category/politics
Posted 3 years ago # -
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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i was wondering about this too. thanks for starting this thread.
Posted 3 years ago # -
hobbesOSU
West Side C-bus
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I think that Colemans' fate is going to be determined by the budget and how he explains how we got to this point. Columbus has been overspending from 2002 onward according to this article. So, for 7 of the 9 years that Coleman has been mayor, our budget has been out of balance. If he takes ownership of that fact, explain the situation to the people, and propose a solution that we all can live with, I'll vote for him again.
Columbus is required to live within its means. If we want to increase our means, via more revenue or whatever, that's fine with me. As long as it's done honestly, ie Coleman wants to do more than what the revenue provides, therefore he needs more revenue. I just want him to be upfront about it, not blame the current budget situation on the overall economic downturn. Years of overspending burned our rainy-day fund, and now that it's raining, we've got nothing to fall back on.
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lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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Just so we are clear, Coleman may be a train cheerleader but it is ultimately COTA calling the plays on trains and transit in Columbus. That really won't change regardless of who is in office.
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WildmanDan
W. Hubbard/Vic Village
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There have also been some rumors about him joining Obama's group in DC. Sorry just rumors, but since who I work for and have worked for (lawyers, lawyers and more lawyers), means may be some grain of salt to those since that is how I knew about Lashutka running, Shumate considering then deciding against, then Coleman running.
Posted 3 years ago # -
lifeontwowheels
Highland West
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My only worry is that you might see a reactionary vote at the polls, either if he goes or if he stays, in response to the current national and local economic crises.
I would worry that a lot of the good work done to move Columbus forward would take a step or two back in a different administration, voted in largely as a response to anti-Coleman voters.
That's not to say things can't be done differently. There are a lot of issues to be addressed in city expenditures, priorities in that spending, government excess and bureaucracy and other such things to get us back on a good and successful track.
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