Wednesday, September 30, 2009
In Latest Chapel Hill Mayoral Twist, Wolff Calls on Czajkowski to Drop Out; Czajkowski Determined to Keep Campaign Issues Based
Chapel Hill mayoral hopeful Kevin Wolff is calling on competitor Matt Czajkowski to drop out of the race in a half-page ad in today's Chapel Hill News. Czajkowski isn't budging, but declined to fire back.
The 5A advertisement is a letter addressed to voters and asks them to, "keep Matt where he's at." Czajkowski, the lone moderate voice on the council, still has two years left in his term.
Czajkowski did not want to respond to specific accusations.
"I've been saying from the very beginning of this campaign that as candidates, I at least believe that we have an obligation to focus on the challenges that we as Chapel Hill are facing," he said. "I'm determined to make this an issue based campaign."
The entire text of the ad can be found here at Wolff's Web site, which was unveiled as part of the advertisement. Wolff was coy when asked about creating a Web site by the Indy for a story that hit stands today.
Wolff argues that Czajkowski has been ineffective in building allies and that citizens should elect him if they want to have two moderate voices working together.
The going rate for a half-page black-and-white political ad in The Chapel Hill News is $523.53
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[...] “Keep Matt where he’s at” advertisements also drew scrutiny. Wolff also was an outspoken critic of publicly financed elections [...]
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I agree with Ruby. I get exercised when the national media call pols "moderates" or "centrists", but I know what they mean: right-wing Dems or the endangered left-wing Repugs. When the author and Wolff use the term "moderate" to describe a city council member, I haven't the faintest idea what they mean.
Joe, you are using Kevin Wolff's own language when you call Czajkowski "the lone moderate voice on the council." I think that's an absurd statement, personally. And given that Wolff has not been known to be the most reality-based candidate, folks should be careful about accepting his frames without a lot of skepticism.
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