By Alexander Lomax
For Scottsdale political wonks, it’s been a fun year regardless, but few developments have been as fun as Councilman Tom Durham essentially peacing-out of his re-election campaign and turning all of his efforts towards defeating Adam Kwasman in his race to defeat him. Rarely has an active candidate told everyone publicly, “Don’t vote for me, vote for these two people instead” (you can read our pieces about it here).
But there are a few different echelons of “quiet quitting” as a candidate. There are some whose hearts aren’t really into it and who are going through the motions, ready to move on to the next phase in their lives. And then there is going Full Kamikaze, using your resources to both destroy yourself and your enemy simultaneously.
Enter Councilman Durham and yours truly, a humble political blogger/nerd.
A concerned citizen recently forwarded on this ad from Facebook, coming from Durham’s official campaign page. Not only is Durham not actively campaigning for himself, but he’s spending campaign funds to specifically go after one other candidate.
And look who he quoted in his graphic:
Councilman Durham…I’m honored.
While you don’t say it explicitly, I agree with you in spirit…there are those who attempt to exploit the political winds in order to gain power instead of adding any value to the position that they’re applying for. And then there are those who are civil servants, who have a specific set of experiences and skills that uniquely align them with a particular position. And Adam Kwasman is the former, not the latter, as his past attempts at attention have demonstrated.
Besides, it’s always nice to have your work attributed!
Whatever else I can do to help, just let me know. While each of the other candidates have their flaws, at no point have I believed that they don’t have the city’s best interests in mind. Kwasman? I’m confident that he only has his own best interests in mind.