Ward 8 is quite interesting. Today it surfaced that John Mar had a text sent to everyone on the Mission Possible list, which was originally for coordinating and supporting flood relief efforts. It wasn't entirely well received (for some reason people who gave their information for flood relief purposes aren't pleased to get spammed a couple months later!)
I better digress to mention that Mar himself didn't get this done, but there are a number of ties to his campaign and Mission Possible. His campaign manager, Donn Lovett and who knows how many others. Its an direct link between the two.
So the text went out, and then later today (as it became obvious that it wasn't kosher), Mar came out and declined their support. I'm not sure how you can get the toothpaste back in the tube here, but that's what they're trying.
I wonder if the internal polls for Mar are showing this tighter than they care to admit? To me, a stunt like that reeks of desperation because Mar and his team know full well that this was somewhat risky. They just have to. But if the poll mentioned above is as close as described, maybe they took that risk. Interesting to watch for a political junkie!
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