So Long Mayor Dick

Sixty four candidates have signed up for the primary. Republicans have a total of 39 and the the Democrats 25. A few are incumbents others are candidates from other failed races and many are new to the races. Some were welcomed by their party leaders and others were not. Some were confused on what position they would run, one just in the wrong place for the right race.

The Republicans signed up early and the Democrats were a slower pace in signing on for the primary. Men first, and a few women followed. Female republicans signed up early for positions to handle the money, democrats followed. But there was no Mayor Graham Richard. The man with two first names or last name or however, you look at it, Mayor Dick has not signed on. The great visionary that has bankruptcy Fort Wayne and it's citizenry, will not run again. The mythical catalyst god will not hang around to see so many of them fail as the citizen seek a new leader to pull them out of the mess and uncover the mess.

Mayor Dick where will you go, while others hang around to pull the citizens out the mess or uncover the mess? Maybe we'll see you on Oprah promoting your book! Or work with Al Gore on global warming, since you have recently caught the environment bug, forget about our brownfields, combined sewers costs, and polluted air you placed secondary while you building a world class city. We're going to miss you Mayor Dick, oh how we're going to miss you.

A government by the people for the people has until noon for other patriots to sign on the dotted line.