Maybe I'm too jaded and cynical, but I don't respond well anymore to symbolic political gestures:
The Paula Hughes campaign says, “Stop that car!” The mayor's take-home city car, that is.
In a Wednesday news release, Hughes said she would sell the city car now used by Mayor Tom Henry and use her own transportation to get to work and to conduct city business.
Don't get me wrong. I like Paula and think she's running a good campaign and presenting a credible conservative alternative to the Henry administration. But, come on. Who cares if she uses her own car instead of a city car? This "I will lead by example and do more with less" stuff is just cheap theatrics designed to get the attention of