Douglass Finlay

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General

  • Statements regarding the competition:
    • Camryn Scott: "It has sadly become clear to everyone that she should step down."
    • Nathan Earlywine: "[He] is a great man, yet he sees our city the way it was, not as the shining beacon of significance and innovation it could be."
  • 05?-JUN-06 - His campaign was beseiged when an anonymous stack of reports and documents implicated his connection to a string of Watergate-ish snoopish and infiltrating schemes
    • This specifically involves wire-tapping the homes of major candidates, including that of Camryn Scott.
    • Campaign manager Anton Kaneda decried the entire affair as "complete fabrication, probably concocted by the same members of the old guard who are now crying victim"
    • For a week or more, accusations and denials flew about.
    • Dispite all this, Finlay has not dropped out of the campaign.
    • Finlay's approval ratings have been plummeting ever since the controversial documents were revealed. His all-time high approval polled at 63%, but that number has fallen to 23%.
  • 05-JUL-06 - As Finlay's ratings sank lower and lower, his campaign manager, Anton Kaneda, opted to resign from his position.
    • Kaneda may have been pressing Finlay to drop out of the race, but Finlay appears to stand firm.
  • 17-JUL-06 - First of many City Council Electoral Debates
    • Earlywine was widely regarded as coming out on top of the competition.
    • Finlay, who has a reputation for grandstanding at public speaking engagements, was unusually subdued for this debate, presumably because his campaign is under police investigation for several possible violations of election and privacy laws.
    • He covered his basic positions almost by rote, differing little in wording from previous campaign speeches, and did not enter into the back-and-forth between the other candidates.


References

  • article, 20-OCT-05 "Finlay Quits Consumer Giant in Run for Office" (link)
  • article, 05-JUN-06 "Scandal Hammers Finlay's Campaign" (link)
  • more headlines, 08-JUN-06 "Finlay Denials Continue"
  • more headlines, 12-JUN-06 "Council Blasts Finlay"
  • more headlines, 19-JUN-06 "Finlay Camp Goes Quiet"
  • more headlines, 22-JUN-06 "Earlywine Roasts Finlay"
  • article, 06-JUL-06 "Finlay Campaign Manager Resigns" (link)
  • article, 20-JUL-06 "Earlywine Presses Advantage in Debate" (link)