Metro Council at Large candidate, Dave Pelton, is apparently done with non-partisanship, unity, and explaining to us why he’s different from other wing-nuts. By writing in an email that he is “the only candidate that stands between the residents of Nashville and total domination of the Metro Council by left-wing candidates,” Pelton just lost my vote.
Jerry Maynard, another At-large candidate, followed quickly with an email of his own, “A few weeks ago Mr. Pelton stood before the Davidson County Democratic Party and told us why he thought we should vote for him…and not surprisingly this sort of name-calling wasn’t used that night…You don’t have to be a Democrat to support vocational education, or a Republican to support a Gang Free initiative.”
That’s right, Reverend Maynard. But you do have to have had your brain poisoned by the likes of Gill and Limbaugh to imply, as Pelton does in his email, that Republican-leaning candidates like him are the only ones who believe “in fiscal responsibility, open and ethical government, strong economic development and excellence in education.”
I’d really like to know how Dave went from thoughtful and environmentally friendly At-large candidate who leaned right to divisive and inflammatory At-large candidate with nary a mention of environmental issues on his website.
Dave had the nerve to parade around at Drinking Liberally the other night, and then release this??!!
I knew Libertarians were crazy, but this is nuts!
Jerry Maynard is such a solid gentleman, and I would vote for him for all 5 Metro Council seats before one vote for Mr. Pelton.
It’s a shame too because Dave could have been a unifying force. Good luck to him but I believe he’s running his campaign on some advice.
[...] This would be the same dude Mr. Pelton credited with writing that infamous email the candidate got in trouble for sending out a bit ago. [...]