The next YNN video (I'm sorry I've fallen behind in reviewing them) features two candidates with some name recognition, but not much position-recognition. I haven't talked to either of them, yet.
Doris Mims-Owens, a substitute teacher, doesn't get many points across in her interview, and the ones she makes are very general. She ran for the District 1 seat against Kenny Wells in 2007. Known as Doris Owens then, she lost 282 to 151. Using hindsight, it's easy to see we might be better off if she had won that election, but she is going to have a hard time getting people to listen to her as one of 16 at-large candidates this year, and her YNN interview did not help her.
Benton Goodnight, a local builder, is running as a builder. "You have to have input," he says, "from people who understand development." I think he's going to have trouble with that argument on two fronts: first, a lot of people think they do understand development even if they're not working as a builder. And second, input and a seat on the city council are not the same things. Goodnight will have trouble getting voters to take him seriously until he comes up with a more plausible angle.
I haven't found a campaign web site for either Mims-Owens or Goodnight. That's something each of them should consider fixing.
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