Saturday, March 05, 2005
Remember the board game Risk?
Call it a hunch. Three Golden Triangle Area (Mississippi) attorneys seem to be in a cohesive effort to grab elective office.
Now, here are the facts to support that hunch (some courtesy of the Starkville Daily News):
Now, here are the facts to support that hunch (some courtesy of the Starkville Daily News):
- Scott Ross is running for mayor of West Point.
- Brian Kelley is running for Ward 4 Alderman in Starkville.
- Jeffrey Hossford is running for Ward 7 Alderman in Starkville.
- The three together make up the firm of Ross, Kelley, and Hosford, P.L.L.C., in West Point.
- Ross, now running as a Democrat, has previously contributed one thousand dollars to Republicans.
- Kelley waited until the deadline to file. People close to the candidate tell me he was waivering on his party choice.
Now, my analysis:
Considering the ward, Hossford probably could not win in the already crowded Democratic primary. Rumors abound that Ross will fire a number of West Point city employees.
Based on timing and the information I have assembled, I pronounce all three as the worst kind of political opportunists. All the principles of a firm don't run for office at the same time unless there's shared interest, and I highly doubt it's civic interest. Local Democrats are wise to do whatever it takes to keep these guys from carving up the Golden Triangle for whatever purposes they have in mind. Luckily, we can knock two of them out in the primaries.
-Melder
