Irreverent View dissects the races and makes recommendations in most all of Hillsborough County’s competitive races (and a few that aren’t competitive)
By Chris Ingram
With absentee ballots already in the mail, it’s time for a quick assessment of local candidates. You can review our state, congressional, and ballot initiative recommendations by clicking here.
The options for voters in Hillsborough County for the General Election are weak to say the least. In an year when voters nationwide have rejected incumbent officeholders and career politicians, Hillsborough voters tended to embrace them – at least in the Primary Elections – the result of which gives us our General Election candidates. Perhaps residents of Hillsborough like subpar schools, traffic congestion, an overall lack of planning, and the “good ol’ boy” system that favors special interests over taxpayers. We’ll see come November 2nd, but the options aren’t encouraging.
Irreverent View makes the following recommendations for candidates for State House, State Senate, and local offices in Hillsborough County.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2010.