Is Mayor Doherty Stepping Down? (appointed, lawsuits, move)

[SteelCityRising]

I'm expecting Dan to answer this one. I was lurking around DD to see what nasty comments people had to say about Poochie going out of business (certainly there were a couple of them), but then I decided to read a thread about the change in city council president from Judith Gatelli to Robert McGoff. About halfway down the first page I saw some discussion about Mayor Doherty stepping down from office to pursue another position. Is there any merit to this, or is this just hysteria being posted by folks on DD?

[NYRangers 2008]

One can only hope......

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by NYRangers 2008

One can only hope......

Be careful what you wish for. The folks at DD are implying that either McGoff or Gatelli will be named his interim replacement until the 2009 election. Are those really going to be improvements?

[NYRangers 2008]

No, I wouldn't want that either. But they could be just saying that to stir up controversy. You never know with the DD crowd.

[CHS89]

According to DD, the mayor was to have lost the last election. And then he was to have taken an appointment somewhere. And then the administrator was to have scored a slam dunk on many of the lawsuits that he lost, etc., etc., etc. None of which actually happened.

That place is NOT a source of credible information. Sure, one or two things might eventually pan out, sort of, if you spin it correctly, but hell, even blind squirrels find nuts now and then.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by CHS89

And then the administrator was to have scored a slam dunk on many of the lawsuits that he lost, etc., etc., etc.

Pilchesky's Rebuttal:

Originally Posted by CHS89

That place is NOT a source of credible information. Sure, one or two things might eventually pan out, sort of, if you spin it correctly, but hell, even blind squirrels find nuts now and then.

Les Spindler's Rebuttal:

[CHS89]

I thought Les's rebuttal would be more along the lines of "I caught you a delicious bass."

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by CHS89

I thought Les's rebuttal would be more along the lines of "I caught you a delicious bass."

That can be arranged:

Don't forget about how Janet Evans arrives at the weekly council meetings:

[weluvpa]

There has been talk in the wind for a few years about Doherty looking to seek a higher office and I think it is a possibility. If the mayor was to leave office the president of city council would fill in the position temporarily until the replacement is appointed. Doherty is finished in this region and I'm not sure if the fiscal anchor around his neck would really be a good thing to campaign on but we'll see. Congress in my mind would be the next step for him but I just don't know. What would he campaign with? What would his platform be? If he was to run and was elected it would ensure that the fed money would continue to flow here. I think that he will run in 2009 for mayor because his ego just won't allow it to go to someone else. It justs makes sense for him to try and move up the political ladder and feed that fed cash back here to his crony buddies in the county and city gov'ts. Washo and O'Brien are as crony as it gets and they would love for him to there sending the money back here. McGoff would be a temp mayor and then that would move Judas right back into the presidents seat. There is a reason why she was able to maintain the VP seat. IF something does happen they would never allow Bill or Janet to get the presidents seat and no one in their right mind would ever allow that stupid excuse for a human Fanucci to have control or power. That would be like letting a 5 yr old drive a bus, just a huge accident waiting to happen. CHS89 everyone has their opinions of DD and I don't always agree with the site but the story about McGoff was out on the site 2 days before the times even knew.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

no one in their right mind would ever allow that stupid excuse for a human Fanucci to have control or power. That would be like letting a 5 yr old drive a bus, just a huge accident waiting to happen.

Nice one!