12:06 Roughly 50 phones gathered at Hilton to hear Cox speak.
12:07 Opening remarks from Cox.
Shots fired: “Mayor is fulltime job.”
“Not a stepping stone to higher office.”
FYI Perkins, McClarin and Davis in attendance. Former alderman Vic Zitta here as well. Perhaps looking for his “better road plan.”
12:11 Economic Development and job creation/retention are common themes.
12:12 Work across the triangle in team effort.
12:13 Develop megasite and finish Cornerstone
12:15 Quality of life: smoking ban, recreation, LEED certified SED building.
12:17 Curbside recycling and sidewalks across town.
12:18 Bring people together not divide. Call out to Perkins as vice mayor. Pledges to keep him as vice mayor.
12:18 Infrastructure: roads, water, sewer
12:19 End. Nice speech with go team approach.
Alderman Lincoln was also there ….
Former alderman Virgil Bolen was also there.
McLaurin and Davis were also at the Parker Wiseman kickoff. hmmm.
Matt’s speech today was clear and articulate. It seems as though he’s emerged around town as the clear front runner in this race.
I understand also that Mills was there. Not necessarily the group I would want assembled for economic development: Mills, Perkins, Lincoln, and Bolin. I have watched Perkins and is he really what Starkville needs as Vice Mayor, a guy who voted the bond issue down and then wanted to get hospital road paved (BTW, his property runs along 40% of Hospital Road). Come on Mr. Coblentz you can do better reporting than this….your favoritism in Cox is really showing through!!
I saw Mills and Bolin, but was only commenting on existing Aldermen. Don’t know Lincoln well enough to ID by sight. Plus I was in the back in the front row of the restaurant.
I would have been at Wiseman’s kick-off, but I had a meeting then.
Cox seems to have all the thing swinging his way, but Wiseman presents an interesting challenge. Camp would have been a good mayor, if he could have worked well with people and treated it as a full time job.
I think it is Cox’s to lose, but I thought that about Frank Davis the last time around as well. See how that turned out.