Excerpts from the Ari Bloomekatz story in Voice of San Diego on Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood:
(Political consultant Chris) Crotty said he and other advisers had to frequently admonish Wood for his behavior on the trail, especially about commenting on women’s clothing and appearances.
“We repeatedly reminded him that it was in fact the 21st century,” Crotty said, “and things were different now.”
_____Wood and Crotty parted ways mostly over money (there was none at the campaign’s outset), but Wood also pointed to Crotty’s use of a wheelchair as part of the reason he wanted a new manager.
“Maybe at home on the phone he can help me, but boots on the ground? Well, he’s in a wheelchair,” Wood said. “I thought he needed to be near the computer, the phone.”
Crotty, who started using a wheelchair after a football injury he suffered at 19, shrugged off the comment. He knows the candidate.
Uhhh, and Bill Horn is the bad guy?
Read the entire Voice story here.
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I really am torn as to which part of the story is the most offensive. Is it the pretend “arrest” of the African American kid (look at the kid’s awkward, pained smile), the sexist comments about women, or the shockingly insensitive comments about the disabled?
I wish we had better choices.
http://inewsource.org/2014/05/22/bill-horns-basic-faith/?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=39537aa838-Newsletter_May_22_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c99e73181c-39537aa838-134722725