tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post111273330000345116..comments2023-10-23T10:05:25.643-04:00Comments on Rick Sincere News and Thoughts: Another Candidate for District 57Rick Sincerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02430047101172614629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666124.post-1112802480584947702005-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:002005-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:00Kim Tingley is already a laughing stock among Char...Kim Tingley is already a laughing stock among Charlottesville Democrats. I overheard him saying that he wasn't sure what the Charlottesville Democratic Committee was but he might be a member because he does live in a precinct. It was just sad and pathetic. He has no support, no experience and no constituency. <BR/><BR/>It looked like Toscano was going to have this thing wrapped up just by virtue of having no real competition, but as your post of his quotes demonstrates the guy is big on empty platitudes and lacking on actual issues or ideas. That might be smart in a swing district but this is a safe seat for Democrats and this majority of leftists wants some red meat.<BR/><BR/>Enter Rich Collins, who has the resume, political connections and apparantly a pretty good campaign organization. Only 48 hours after his first suggestion that he might run he had crowds of supporters at an organized event downtown, a popular new tax reduction proposal and what passes for a media boomlet in Charlottesville. Meanwhile Toscano has a bunch of money in the bank and not much else.<BR/><BR/>This is going to be a fun race to watch. You've got a nutty 'Dennis Kucinich' type; a classic insider 'machine' candidate without a message and then this wierd anti-tax insurgent candidate who sounds like Yogi Berra and comes out of nowhere to piss off all the insiders. This is going to be a contest to remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com