Les and Gwen Miller Endorse County Mayor Referendum

Les and Gwen Miller endorse the Hillsborough County Mayor referendum. I have said before I am not a supporter. If people that follow this blog haven't figured out by now, I question executive power and how it can be abused. The problem isn't that Hillsborough County doesn't have a Mayor. Voters need to stop electing incompetent people that run on wedge issues.

What does the Millers' endorsement mean? Not much. A few days of limited postitive press for the referendum. I'm not sure how much voters are paying attention to referendum that will be down on the ballot.

Joe Redner's South Tampa Problem

This Tampa Tribune article points out how badly Joe Redner blew the Tampa City Council runoff.

Any chance Joe Redner had of winning Tuesday's runoff election depended on strong support from south Tampa.

It never came.

South Tampa precincts tended to favor Redner over incumbent Gwen Miller in the first election this month, when four other candidates were in the race. On Tuesday, according to a precinct analysis, a sizable number of voters who supported those other candidates backed Miller rather than Redner.

Redner had no GOTV campaign or election day presence of volunteers holding signs or driving enderly voters to the polls. When a candidate loses districts he should of won it's proof he is a disaster. The worse part is Redner plans on running again.

Tampa City Council Runoff Results

All the precincts have been counted in the dictricts 1 and 7 Tampa City Council races. It's bad news for Joe Redner.

District 1

Gwen Miller - 56.47 percent
Joe Redner - 43.53 percent

District 7

Joseph Caetano - 59.54 percent
Frank Margarella - 40.46 percent

Okay gang. Question for the comments. Did you want to see Redner win or are you glad that he is not going to serve on City Council. It seems like he blew his momentum by offering people free admission to Mons Venus if they voted.

Joe Redner Endorsed by St Petersburg Times

The St Petersburg Times Joe Redner for the Tampa City Council district 1 seat. I'm thinking more and more Redner is going to win these.

Gwen Miller is the dream candidate for Redner. She speaks without passion. Miller is afraid to go negative on a candidate with huge baggage.

Redner just sent out a clever direct mail ad. It's clearly a dig at Miller.



If Redner wasn't a strip club owner he would be an unstoppable candidate. He is smart, charismatic, wonkish and articulate. Redner will still have his horrible temper as an Achilles’ heel.