Kuehne: Council Change Needed
— by Jeffrey Wisniewski — 16 August 2010 — Comments Off
Councilmember Don Kuehne is calling for a change in the composition of the City Council and is endorsing challenger Myrna de Vera in this year’s election.
de Vera was Kuehne’s campaign chair in 2008, and Kuehne is simply returning the favor, however the endorsement does buck an obvious trend since all five then-sitting members of the Council had supported Don Kuehne (and not challenger John Delgado) in the last election.
Kuehne will only be able to endorse one other candidate — either Kris Valstad or Joe Eddy McDonald, who both had endorsed Kuehne, or in the case Kuehne has gone rogue, he could endorse the other challenger as well, John Delgado.
de Vera can take credit (at least some) for propelling the outsider-turned-insider Kuehne into office, however no one has taken credit yet for Kuehne’s rather dismal performance as a councilmember thus far, including Kuehne himself. (That would require accountability.)
UPDATE — Myrna de Vera was a significant member in Don Kuehne’s 2008 campaign committee (and ran the show, according to some sources) but did not hold the position of chair. The position apparently did not exist.