The Observation Deck

Richard Cole wrote:Marx couldn't win the precinct position she ran for!! She should not get any appointed Lakewood position, she has lost at multiple levels and deserves nothing. Jenn Pae has a long history to run on - only the voters can decide whether her association with Summers/Fitz and his sycophants will doom her to the same fate as O'Leary, Marx etc. It will be interesting as to who the council will appoint, will Litton, Neff, Bullock, Shachner & O'Malley break from the failed Machine and vote for the best interests of Lakewood, or their own self-perceived reliance on the failed Summers/Fitz machine?

Is there a relatively neutral candidate who can come forward?

Dan Alaimo wrote:

Richard Cole wrote:Marx couldn't win the precinct position she ran for!! She should not get any appointed Lakewood position, she has lost at multiple levels and deserves nothing. Jenn Pae has a long history to run on - only the voters can decide whether her association with Summers/Fitz and his sycophants will doom her to the same fate as O'Leary, Marx etc. It will be interesting as to who the council will appoint, will Litton, Neff, Bullock, Shachner & O'Malley break from the failed Machine and vote for the best interests of Lakewood, or their own self-perceived reliance on the failed Summers/Fitz machine?

Is there a relatively neutral candidate who can come forward?

Laura

Richard Cole wrote:

Dan Alaimo wrote:

Richard Cole wrote:Marx couldn't win the precinct position she ran for!! She should not get any appointed Lakewood position, she has lost at multiple levels and deserves nothing. Jenn Pae has a long history to run on - only the voters can decide whether her association with Summers/Fitz and his sycophants will doom her to the same fate as O'Leary, Marx etc. It will be interesting as to who the council will appoint, will Litton, Neff, Bullock, Shachner & O'Malley break from the failed Machine and vote for the best interests of Lakewood, or their own self-perceived reliance on the failed Summers/Fitz machine?

Is there a relatively neutral candidate who can come forward?

Laura

I believe she has indicated that she is placing herself in the running for the soon to be open seat.

Richard Cole wrote: "Is there a relatively neutral candidate who can come forward?"

Laura

I would think anyone who is a favorite of people who post on the Deck will not be acceptable to others. I'm thinking someone like Mike Bentley or Grant Mackay.

Dan Alaimo wrote:

Richard Cole wrote: "Is there a relatively neutral candidate who can come forward?"

Laura

I would think anyone who is a favorite of people who post on the Deck will not be acceptable to others. I'm thinking someone like Mike Bentley or Grant Mackay.

On the other hand, neither Mike Bentley or Grant Mackey, whoever they are, made the investment in time and effort to run for office. I’m more inclined toward a person who has expressed their intention to serve and put their money where their mouth was.

And FWIW, I don’t agree with your statement that people who appear to be favored by those who post on the Deck aren’t acceptable to others. Meghan George seemed to be more well liked here than Sam O’Leary.

Just sayin’......

Bridget Conant wrote: neither Mike Bentley or Grant Mackey, whoever they are,

Mike Bentley helped launch the Healthy Lakewood Foundation and impressed me with his commitment to transparency. I'm not sure of his current position with the group. He's also a board member of the Lakewood Foundation.

Grant MacKay is the most recent past president of the Lakewood Democratic Club. He was very effective in restoring the reputation of the club at the time when it was deeply fractured by divisions like what we are talking about now.

I would think that either would be acceptable to both the old and new guards - if either wanted the council seat. I offer their names only as examples.

If time and investment in running for office are considerations, then Sam O'Leary is a shoo-in. Also he got half (49.27%) of the vote in Tuesday's election. Although many here won't appreciated me pointing it out, it's a pretty stubborn fact in this discussion.

Try this idea on for size: Pae or O'Leary? Given that choice, I'd have to go with Sam.

Of note, after the results were tallied, the candidates in council races that did not win posted nice concession notices on their Facebook and/or websites, congratulating the winners and wishing them well in their new position, as well as thanking their hard working volunteers.

I do not see any such statement on O’Leary’s campaign Facebook page, his website, or on his Twitter.

That strikes me as unusual.

I do hope he at least called Meghan George and congratulated her.

Bridget Conant wrote:Of note, after the results were tallied, the candidates in council races that did not win posted nice concession notices on their Facebook and/or websites, congratulating the winners and wishing them well in their new position, as well as thanking their hard working volunteers.

I do not see any such statement on O’Leary’s campaign Facebook page, his website, or on his Twitter.

That strikes me as unusual.

I do hope he at least called Meghan George and congratulated her.

Ms. Conant,

I noticed the same thing.

And if 'Sam I Am' can't bring himself to get there then at least ' One Buck Ed ' and all that outside money should graciously concede.
Because they got their ass kicked

It appears that Sam the Sham is not only an expensive loser, but also a sore one.

It has been nearly a week, yet there has not been a statement from his campaign.
Hopefully this is a sign that O'Leary is permanently exiting Lakewood politics.

Time used to be that one of the final tasks of a candidate's staff was to determine where each of the election night candidates' locations would be-----so, that in all the begrudging courtesy, the losing candidate would visit the winner's venue for a symbolic handshake.

So Sam used social media A LOT in his campaign. He ran ads on Facebook.

Yet here are three big sites- his campaign’s Facebook, his website, and his Twitter. There has been nothing posted on any since the election. Other candidates posted thank yous to their volunteers and well wishes to the winners.

Maybe he sent his thanks through his “secret mission” emails.

I too, had wondered where Sam O'Leary's manners went. His lack of following proper protocol when you lose an election only confirms his immaturity and supports my belief that he was not the correct person for the position of Mayor of Lakewood.

I also looked at social media and even googled Sam O'Leary to see if I had missed his congratulations to Meghan George so that I would not call him out unnecessarily.

Alas, no signs of acknowledgement of losing or congratulations to the winner.

One off thing though. When you Google Sam O'Leary, a Cleveland.com article headline surfaces that says he won and only when you hit the link does it show the article stating that Meghan George edged out Sam for Mayor. Very misleading of Cleveland.com to do so, even though they had endorsed Sam and not Meghan. Just odd in my humble opinion. Anyone not hitting the link, and only looking at the headline would think O'Leary had win as that headline states. Hmm...

It appears that the Cleveland.com headline had been corrected and now says Meghan George narrowly edges out Sam O'Leary when you Google Sam O'Leary. That was not the case a couple of days ago. Pam