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Loyalty Lacking in Simon and Vidmer
Posted
10-13-1999
We are less than three weeks from the election and what two Democrats are
working hard for Republican Commissioner candidate Maryln Davis? My
colleague Dick Vidmer and my predecessor Ted Simon are out there busy as
beavers trying to reel in all their buddies. Can you believe it? Do you
think they care about the taxpayers, good government, or the Democratic
Party?
Well I believe it, because I
know these two guys don't care about the taxpayers, our party, or our
government. For ten years Ted put his ego ahead of the party and pouted
because he didn't pick John Regoli's replacement. That replacement ended up
being Mr. Vidmer. Ted assured division in our party by picking candidates to
run with in the 1987 and 1991 elections. It gave Vidmer the perfect excuse
to team up with Republican Terry Marolt and forge a partnership that exists
today. Guess who's candidacy got Dick and Ted back together? Yours truly!
After all those years of
fighting they said they were really friends after all. Of course no one
believed them and Ted lost and became our party chairman. So the former
party leader, who criticized Vidmer for working with Republicans, is now
throwing parties for a Republican Commissioner candidate. He tried to throw
the party for Davis and Democrat Tom Ceraso, but to Tom's credit he said he
wouldn't attend. What could motivate a man who built his reputation as a
loyal Democrat, to now work openly for a Republican? Could it be those
behind the scene operatives who benefit from the existing business
arrangements? They want business as usual to continue and have given Ted his
orders.
With Vidmer it is no surprise
that he is speaking for Republican candidates. He's never been loyal to our
party anyway. Four years ago it was a farce when he and I would be at events
and he would be giving a phony rah-rah speech about Democratic unity and
then I'd find out he was pushing for Terry. For years he also said he wanted
to work with another Democrat but Ted just wouldn't do it. Well I won and
guess what? Dick and Terry kept making political decisions together and
Vidmer didn't care about the party he used to build a political career.
Why am I even talking about
these guys and how significant are their actions? I'm talking about these
guys because I want readers to know what these two supposed Democrat leaders
are up to and that they will do and say what they are instructed to do. The
impact I think will be minimal. Maryln Davis may win the election, but it
won't be because of these two guys. But they will be telling her, "look what
we did for you." They will try to do the same with Tom Ceraso too. But these
days, political insiders do not control enough votes to change election
results and it is determined by the great majority that no political group
controls.
It is almost sad to see Ted
winding things down like he's doing. He seemed to have some dignity when he
stood his ground with Vidmer's backers, now he's one of them. Dick just
thinks he is always fooling someone and I hope the people he's done so much
service to, remember him when January rolls around. |
