Disappointment

Byron Brown won in a landslide yesterday, and to me it is just another in a long line of missed opportunities for this city. It was a missed opportunity for Republicans to have a solid candidate who for some reason was kept in a bottle for four months focused on winning the Conservative primary because of some 20th century mentality that this would "give Democrats some place to vote for him". The truth is that line cost him the election (opportunity cost). By focusing on that they missed the chance to introduce him to voters as a real choice for change. Instead, they passed, and Brown was able to successfully introduce him as one of the Giambra crowd. The Conservative line netted him fewer votes than Einach or Flynn got. Thank God for the control Board.