Douglass Finlay

General

• Co-founder of the multi-billion-leck company Finlay-McLennan
  • Partner: Roger McLennan

• Announced, on 20-OCT-05, he was going to run for the Perplex City Council Leader position.
• Will be running against Nathan Earlywine, and incumbent Camryn Scott
• His chief platform is for strong, open leadership, unlike that of such people as Sente Kiteway.

• 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.
  • At the end, Finlay seems to have dropped out of the campaign; Or at least has decided to avoid the damaging subject.

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"