Luecke Urges Voters to Vote on Nov. 8th!
I’m serious. In a recent full-page ad in a newspaper for seniors, South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke (D) touted his successes (which are pretty thin) and then, at the very bottom of the ad had this statement in bold letters: “Re-Elect Mayor Steve Luecke on November 8th.”
Apparently Steve Luecke’s campaign didn’t realize that the election takes place on November 6th. If Republicans were the ones spreading this misinformation there might be legal penalties, but I’m not sure what happens when a candidate urges his own supporters to go to the polls on the wrong day.
As Republican challenger Juan Manigault said, if the mayor can’t get the date of the election straight how can he run a city the size of South Bend?
Manigault waved the ad around at a press conference Monday night announcing the opening of a new Democrats for Change office located in the heart of South Bend. The new office is a place for Democrats who want change, and support Manigault, to come and work in support of their candidate.
Think TDW or BlueIndiana will run this picture on their blogs? Probably not.
Full Disclosure: The author is the Manigault Campaign’s Communications Director.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Can you scan and email me the actual ad? I’ll definitely post it up!!
September 27th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Luecke makes Inspector Clouseau look like Sherlock Holmes. What a big, fat buffoon!
October 8th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
This is the sort of noise that losers make. What about Manigault’s gross mismanagement of the Workforce Investment Board - causing over one million dollars of taxpayer money to disappear. Or his possibly illegal sweetheart deal when he resigned from the successor organization recently.
Grow up.
October 10th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Don,
What mismanagement are you referring to? If you’re talking about the audit that was successfully closed and the state was satisfied with what it found. Also, Mayor Luecke was part of the WIB and he never acted alarmed about the audit until now.
The “sweetheart” deal that you are referring to is actually a very modest severance package. Juan worked at WIB (and it’s predecessors) for 19 years and they gave him 19 weeks of pay-one for each year he worked there. Seeing that Juan successfully brought new jobs to the region and assisted current employers I think his severance package was well deserved.
I would call to your attention the fact that Juan had a very successful career at Workforce and he gave that up to run for mayor in a city that is ready for a brighter future.
Don, aren’t you ready for a better South Bend? Aren’t you ready for less crime, better neighborhoods, and more high paying jobs? A lot of your fellow citizens are excited about the future of South Bend and are eager to work with Juan to restore the pride of South Bend. Won’t you join them on November 6th?
-Brian