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PORTSMOUTH
Another candidate is dropping out of the race for mayor.
Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky said Tuesday that he is withdrawing his name to support Kenny Wright. The announcement follows Terry Hancock Sr.'s decision to quit the race and thins the original field of eight down to six.
"There is a perception that I can't win, and that perception is going to make it impossible," Geduldig-Yatrofsky said. "So rather than just fragment the vote, I'd like to have an impact in bringing about an outcome that I consider desirable."
Geduldig-Yatrofsky, a 61-year-old former information technology worker, is a regular in the audience at City Council meetings and one of the most frequent speakers in public hearings. He said he had "an epiphany" Monday night after campaigning at a civic league meeting and decided to withdraw from the race.
Geduldig-Yatrofsky said Wright, a 47-year-old business owner, is the closest candidate philosophically to him, particularly on schools, neighborhood quality issues and economic development.
In addition to Wright, the remaining candidates are D. Stefán Adams Sr., Billy Baker, Lee Cherry, Bill Moran and Elizabeth Psimas.
Dave Forster, (757) 446-2627, dave.forster@pilotonline.com
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wasting my time
you b and b, you complain and complain you talk and talk and talk. So when the time comes you wave a flag and run. You waste our time, waste tax money with processing paperwork for you to run. You have lost all credibility, you should have followed through and lost. You started this, said how much better you are then all the others, come on, even in a running race the last man crosses the finish line...with honor...to run again another race. Please do not run again. If you give up this easy on this it is an example how fast you would dump on the hard issues a Mayor has to negotiate.In fact , thank you for dropping out. Now if only the others would drop out and leave this race to the meat eaters, Cherry, Wright and Psimas. Then the race will be on.
Question
Was/is Kenny Wright an investor Louise Lucas' hotel project?
How i see it
How i see it is the mayor of portsmouth should put portsmouth before there own agenda and i think Ms.Psimas agenda deals with more how she can get back at Bill Watson than trying to run the city and that is sad you cant run a city with blinders on.I know he dont do thing the way city council wants too sometimes but it gets done he cares about portsmouth and it citizens. maybe if city council would get to know the citizens of portsmouth better they would understand them better get to know the little people of portsmouth not just the one that can do something for them maybe portsmouth will be a better place to live in.
Vote for facts not friendship
I will not talk about who I am voting for. It is my private business however, I ask the city of Portsmouth to look at these things when doing so.
1)Vote for the person for what they stand for, Not who they know.
2)Vote for the person because he or she is the right person for the job. Not because someone told you too.
3)Leave race out of it. Again, its about who can do the best for the city, not about what color they are.
4)Last but not least, if it is change you want vote for someone that can make it happen. Vote for someone thats wants to help us not just themselves. Vote for someone new and fresh and remember you only live to be but so old.
I hope this helps you make your decision. I've already made mine.
The Race For Portsmouth Mayor
When the dust clears it will be a two person race between Psimas and Wright the others should either give their support to one of these candidates and quit pretending. My question is you have someone running for this office who is ninty years of age when he was mayor gas was less than forty cents a gallon and McDonald's sold hamburgers for ten cents.
Mark Geduldig-who?
I had heard that he never started a job he couldn't finish. Guess he has proved this to be correct.
Ive said it before and I'll
Ive said it before and I'll say it again......I would NOT.....repeat....NOT ..... underestimate Lee Cherry's viability
mayoral election
Mark G-Y endorsed Ken Wright for Mayor....
With Mark being the most well known and closest observer of City Council,
how will this action translate come election day?
not as much
As who the Aferican American Churches tell the congregation to vote for during Church services on Oct 31.
so---
someone using their faith as reason to be elected,
like Forbes, McDonnell, Rigell, etc----
that's okay?
but black folks supporting folks of faith is wrong?
wonder how many black churches the white mayoral candidates have visited?
Black churches are at the center of social, cultural and civic life for a great many of their members----
how is that a bad thing?