Mayor’s record
Editor, The Commercial:
Common election practice for incumbents is to rely on their track records. Challengers consistently always pick at the incumbent’s track record, look for mistakes, say it is “time for a change” and state that they have a “better way.”
However, their better way often is simply not feasible and way beyond existing budgets. They will try to sell you the impossible — the pie in the sky (something good but impossible to obtain). Lesson: Be careful not to believe all the promises that are thrown at you.
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
Shirley Washington has an excellent track record. Many of her accomplishments were listed in her State of the City Address. She was not directly responsible for all. They did all occur “on her watch” and this does give her some ownership in each. She never said or intimated “I did this.” Mays’ accusations were wrong and terribly misleading.
Promises are changeable, cheap and usually overinflated. A track record is tangible and doesn’t change. What you see is what you get!
Mayor Washington has done a great job in dealing with the needs of Pine Bluff. Her vision for the future is obtainable and practical in contrast to mysterious, unannounced and yet-to-be-printed plans.
Fool me once (due to your crafty actions). Fool me twice — my fault if I don’t realize that I have been duped.
Dr. J. William Nuckolls,
Pine Bluff