Andy Wells has decided to shut down his re-election campaign, comfortable in the knowledge that he has consistently bettered any of his competitors in public opinion polls.
Andy claims he has led his opponents by 40 to 50 percent.
Two things:
1. In any public polls, Andy has been about 20 percentage points ahead of his nearest competitor.
2. In a democracy, a candidate should be required to tell voters what he or she intends to accomplish in the next term of office.
Andy obviously has no desire to be accountable to voters in any fashion.
There's no surprise there.
Wells is notoriously disdainful of any attempt to question what he is doing. The bully-boy heaps tons of abuse and scorn on anyone who disagrees with him. In one interview he branded all other candidates as cowards.
Anyone who has to tear others down constantly like that is to be pitied since he lacks any measure of self-confidence and self-esteem.
The only thing we can be sure of is that Wells will be abusive of council members, as he has for the 30-odd years he's been a councillor. He'll also vote in favour of any development, any time any where. And Well's will make up any reason he can to justify his position.
With Wells' announcement, I don;t feel bad for having written "None of these" across the mayoral portion of my mail-in ballot.