Thank You, Jesus: Another Candidate has filed to run against Candy in District 2

Candy's Best Bud

Mr. Hernandez: I was delighted to read in La Gaceta that you will run against Candy Olson in District 2.

Ms. Olson has been on the board so long that she has moss growing on her board perch.

I would count it a tie between her and Jennifer Falliero for the worst board member.

I have a piece on her as well as April Griffin on my blog. April is no shining example of what a board member should be either.

Maybe it's the atmosphere of ROSSAC that makes them all go bad after three meetings in the board room. The thing is a mystery to this observer.

Go to leedrurydecesarescasting-roomcouch.blogspot.com to read my analysis of the three incumbents running now. I do not write hagiographies as you can see if your read my pieces on the incumbents.

I wish I could go to your kick-off, but I am going to a PBK dinner with a history lecture that I have a particular interest in.

I want to sound you on your platform emphasis sooner or later. Your name sounds familiar, but everybody in Tampa seems to be named Spoto or Fernandez. I would be interested in seeing a copy of your curriculum vitae. Please send me one if you have it.

You are sure to get an interview with a reporter from the Times and Tribune. If you will email me when, I will try to drive over from the beach where I now live after 20 years in Beach Park when our children were growing up.

My husband was mayor in our little beach town of Madeira Beach until he retired after a dozen years, being unable to stand the bickering any more. I am grateful that anyone will consent to run for public office so wretched is the job it seems to me.

But run people do. And for some malignant reason, those running for the school board are inevitably the jerks of the political pool and remain on the board until they fossilize into potted plants.

I hope you are a benign exception, sir.

lee drury de cesare