Comments on: Richmond: Unions launch anti-McLaughlin campaign

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:46:09 +0000

As others have said facetiously,
“With all due respect….”
We don’t suspend judgment of prior experience, of prior behavior and especially not of contemporary behavior and performance when we hire people for entry-level job, why should we overlook someone’s fitness for a job because they are running for mayor (an undeniably stressful position that requires financial honesty and acumen and emotional stability in the face of competing interests)? This is not a semantic argument. Maybe she would make an excellent teacher or childcare worker, but why must we defend her job as mayor when she amasses more than $100,.00 in debt and tries to pawn it off on taxpayers. She champions her anti-casino (in Richmond)stance and says she won’t take corporate money and then bankrolls her campaign with money from card rooms casinos. Are they not incorporated? This is the tip of the iceberg my friends. Please do not be snowed by her sweet demeanor. Balanced budget? The city was $12 million in the red. Since it is legally required to submit a “balanced budget,” the mayor had to raid the reserve fund to blaance it. I hope that the quickly diminishing reserve funded isn’t needed in a real emergency.

By: RF

RF — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:43:32 +0000

Lisa’s “integrity” is as strong as an egg shell.

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:38:19 +0000

Lisa, I called you on your cell phone for your privacy, rather than respond on your blog, or e-mail you (where people can use pcc;’s. I have destroyed my record of your cell phone number, as well. You’re free to use or not use the info I emailed to you and Sandy as you wish.

By: John W

John W — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:05:39 +0000

Oh, and now she plays the grandchild card! Reporters should be on call 24/7 and keep all cell phones, crackberries etc. under their pillows when sleeping, so as to take calls from admirers and detractors at any time. Could Lisa please publish her cell number here, so that we can all call her when the spirit moves us?

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:49:07 +0000

Not true. I would not have talked to anyone other than my boss about a work-related matter while I was spending the evening with my 2-year-old grandson. As I said, I usually don’t answer my cell when I am not working.

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:45:30 +0000

Lisa, somehow, if it had been anyone else calling you 30 minutes after you had submitted this story for the Sunday print edition, you would have listened to my compliments about your article, and my tip that August 9 was the last day of National Mental Illness Awareness Week. As you may know, at the BOS Meeting tomorrow, Donna Wigand, myself, and many others will be accepting the Board’s proclaimation.

By: John W

John W — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:57:31 +0000

Re: #18 Tues BOS meeting

I noticed in today’s paper (10/11) that the BOS will be voting on eliminating “longevity pay” (???) for elected officials. Also noticed that DA candidate O’Malley is whining about it, noting the pay cut he would take from private practice if elected. I feel his pain and will not hold it against him if he chooses to withdraw from the race.

By: John W

John W — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:51:43 +0000

What? Reporters get days off? Gotta be kidding me! What’s this world coming to? Or to avoid the ending prep, to what is this world coming?

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:59:06 +0000

Ralph, I hung up on you because you called me Saturday night and when I asked you to call my office on Monday, you kept on talking. It was my mistake for answering my cell phone.

By: Jean Womack

Jean Womack — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:56:00 +0000

The police and fire are probably against her because they want a casino, as do the building trades. They can’t find any political fault so they resort to character assasination. A plainclothes officer does not have a chance in this city. If you speak out against illegal drugs, as I did several nights at city council, I get harassed half to death, with people talking about Lil Wayne and Elvis at my job. The drug pushers are aggressive, open and shameless, with a propaganda line a mile long. It’s not a secretive business. It’s not your imagination. It’s real. Maybe the police and fire think McLaughlin doesnt have the strength to stand up to the drug pushers.