Gainesville City Commission Races Forming Up
It’s mid-January and we now have a couple of actual contests for the two city commission seats that are up for election. In District One we have the incumbent, Sherwin Henry, challenged by Marcia Wimberly. I have contact information on each of them on the page, “2009 Candidates” but nothing more.
In At-large District One, (so-called because it is an election open to all city voters, as opposed to the other District One race, which is open only to voters living in that district), we have a little more available because both candidates have groups on Facebook. I have made a point of joining both of them.
The incumbent, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, according to her website, is the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Florida, where she manages professional development, assessment, publications, and other support for the Division of Student Affairs. She was elected in 2006 when she defeated Tony Domenech for the open seat. The challenger, Robert Krames, has a website that is under construction, and I have not heard from him yet, although I have only tried to establish contact in the past 12 hours.
That’s about all I have for now. This story is developing, and I hope to have actual candidate input soon. If anyone wants to cover one of these candidates, you are welcome to contact me at dontwc@gmail.com. If anyone wants to post comments, even anonymously, you will only need to have your first comment moderated, and after that they will all be automatically approved.
Here are the links to the Facebook groups for both Jeanna Mastrodicasa and Robert Krames. Get involved.
