MORE PICTURES FROM THE CAMPAIGN

Diane Mack doing the "wave" at 9th and Airport.

Diane Waving and looking good!!

THANK  Y'ALL

Wow!  Y'all did it.  You walked, you talked, you rang door bells,you stood on street corners and waved,you post on Facebook and blogs, you handed out literature, you donated money, you donated time, but most importantly you voted!  The outcome of this election is yours - not mine.  I am so honored and proud of every single one of you who did your part to make this victory.  As you know my opponents launched a ruthless and relentlessness attach on me. The campaign against me by the good ole boys was one of the worst I have witnessed in a campaign in the City of Pensacola.  We took the high ground. We delivered a message to the voters that was honest, simple and true.  Now it is time to continue the work we are passionate about - creating transparent and accountable government, defending the right of citizens to redress their grievances to the government, creating an equal distribution of city resources and especially in poor neighborhoods such as the Sanders Street and Burgess Road area of District 2, spending our LOST funds and Restore Funds to address long standing problems of drainage and infrastructure, creating safe walking routes to the three public schools in District  2, promoting our Uptown businesses and communities.  This is an exciting and challenging time for us.  Again,  I cannot express in words my gratitude to all of you. Just know this - I hear you.

I am now and always will be your city council watchdog.

HAYWARD CON GAME !!

1. ( oops,here i go again being "antagonistic" as my opponents like to characterize me.

CON GAME:  Mayor Ashton Hayward's editorial in today's paper is just a con game. His attempt to con the voter's into believing the city council has independent staff that does the bidding of the council (the legislative branch of the government) is shameful. I have served on city council for four years. I have a 100% perfect attendance record. I have not been asleep for four years. When Ashton Hayward claims the city council has a staff that cost the taxpayers $160,000.00, what he isn't telling the public is this fact - he hires them, they work for him, he can fire them. Whoever they are at any particular point in time one of their functions is to push the Mayor's agenda and to lobby city council members. This is not called democracy - it is called "dictatorship" .I don't believe this is what the citizens want. The most important issue facing the city government (other than federal grand jury investigations for bribery and corruption) is the power of the legislative body to have control over the hiring and firing of its staff. Read more about the charter amendment that you will be asked to vote for in my previous blog post on this matter. Please be aware that there are several councilmembers who do not support the charter amendment allowing council to hire its own staff because those individuals benefit for having unfettered access to a powerful Mayor - with concentration of power in the executive branch that will do their bidding . See Maren Deweese's blog and learn more about how this works, especially the Main Street Project. (I am happy I voted against the project - my image in my mirror looks pretty good this morning).