Jennifer Kim's Negative Mail

Jennifer's Integrity (0.00 / 0)

Sad really

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by: EugeneS @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 23:20:12 PM CDT

am i crazy... (2.00 / 2)

or is that mailpiece that kim's campaign paid to send out addressed to "the shade household"??  

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by: austinite1 @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 23:51:30 PM CDT

It's addressed to the shade household (0.00 / 0)

You would be correct.  

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 00:11:25 AM CDT

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This explains it (0.00 / 0)

Last time I ran into Mark at a reception, he had strings on his fingers. In fact we got tangled up a little when we shook hands. Quite embarrassing really. The resulting confusion allowed Naishtat to get ahead of us in the food line, so of course Mark and I both left hungry. I'm glad there's an explanation for it.

LettersFromTexas.com

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by: Harold Cook @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 08:12:42 AM CDT

City Hall Insider fighting City Hall Insider (0.00 / 0)

When will it end? Getting Terry Keel fired up during the Democratic Runoff had much better entertainment value.

On Naishtat and food lines, one time my wife and I saw him at a downtown restaurant, we waited around an extra fifteen minutes for him to finish. We had never seen him pay for meal before.

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by: ssuits @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 11:03:56 AM CDT

So wait... (0.00 / 0)

Nathan and Kim were cordial. Nathan and Kim talked about policy and her campaign. Kim went with another manager, Nathan went with Shade?

Yeah, it kinda sounds like sour grapes... I'm just not sure whose.

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by: McBlogger @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 12:45:41 PM CDT

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Show some guts (0.00 / 0)

GMAFB. Kim sent out a mailer saying Shade was awful for hiring the same exact campaign manager that she herself tried to hire.

You need to man up and admit that the candidate you've endorsed has some serious ethical problems.

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by: m1ek @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 14:18:16 PM CDT

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Well, that's one read... (0.00 / 0)

the other is that she went with someone else. Possibly because she was afraid of a similar attack being leveled at ther.

Frankly, I could care less about this he said/she said/they said crap.

I certainly appreciate your advice and will happily give it the thought it deserves.  

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by: McBlogger @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 15:03:32 PM CDT

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The fact that she considered him makes this hypocritical (0.00 / 0)

"Possibly because she was afraid of a similar attack being leveled at ther."

So not picking him was a strategical move.  But the fact that she didn't but considered it, shows that she doesn't have any real problem with who he is, and is just pretending too in regard to her opponent.

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."- James A. Baldwin

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by: Timothy @ Sun May 04, 2008 at 14:43:11 PM CDT

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Possibly... (0.00 / 0)

Or possibly, she didn't like the way he looked one day.  

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by: McBlogger @ Sun May 04, 2008 at 15:29:05 PM CDT

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not sure whose? (0.00 / 0)

give me a break.  1) Kim criticizes Shade for supporters who Kim sought but they turned her down (this Thurs, AAS, "Kim Criticizes Shade over donors"), 2) Kim condemns Shade for hiring Mark Nathan who Kim sought too (listen to the tape on Burnt Orange) 3) Kim sends out letter to supporters claiming Randi said Austin should have compromised with developers instead of passing SOS (this a lie too, p.20 AusChron).  She's in melt down. Give it up

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by: EugeneS @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 14:39:16 PM CDT

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Again... (0.00 / 0)

I listened to the tape. I read the email. I didn't see or hear her seeking Mark for anything other than advice. Maybe I missed something... lemme go look again...

No. I thought I might have missed the offer of employment, but apparently I didn't.

The really funny thing is that I like all of these people.

Do I think the attack was specious? Of course. Most attack ads ARE. Do I care? Absolutely not. I didn't really care about Randi's attack on Jennifer's office budget which of course the Statesman dutifully wrote up to yawns.

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by: McBlogger @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 15:27:35 PM CDT

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Jennifer is just copying (0.00 / 0)

Hillary's campaign strategy.  LOL  

Doing My Part For The Left,Left Of The Rainbow

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by: refinish69 @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 16:47:28 PM CDT

she should know (2.00 / 1)

what Nathan's like, right?

And of course she wants money--they all need cash for their campaigns right?

So why is Shade now getting the developer dough and Kim not?

Seems like that's the question, not whether or not Kim needs money and asked for it--the interesting and important question it's why she's fallen out of favor w/ her former supporters in the developer camp.  And what getting the developer money might mean to Shade's decisions, since she's a likely winner.

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by: Steve B @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 21:35:38 PM CDT

What a half-assed dodge (0.00 / 0)

If it was bad for Shade to get him, it was bad for Kim to try to get him.

What this shows is that Kim will say and do anything to get elected.

As for why she fell out of favor with her former developers; it's because she's an erratic, ineffective, rudderless, borderline corrupt loose cannon. If the BATPAC had half a brain, they'd see that too.

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by: m1ek @ Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:42:21 AM CDT

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That's One's Mild (0.00 / 0)

The mail I got on Saturday was even worse.  In a flier with a picture of a big muddy outfall, Kim continued her spin and attack that Shade would "compromise" on Barton Springs.

Shade's actual comment was that it would have been better if we could have worked out some kind of deal than getting stuck, both Austin and all of Texas, with the grandfathering bill that has allowed anyone with any pretext of a preexisting development plan to claim an exemption to standards and laws developed after their "plan."

The Muddy Pipe piece was so negative that it would have prompted me to vote for Shade if I hadn't already voted.

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by: Jeb @ Mon May 05, 2008 at 15:08:49 PM CDT