Hudson Common Sense just released an analysis of the campaign financing of two of Hudson's mayoral candidates: incumbent Kamal Johnson and challenger Joe Ferris. (It will be remembered that Johnson lost to Ferris in the Democratic primary in June and is now running as the Working Families Party candidate.)
Joe Ferris largely self-finances and draws many small local donations, while Kamal relies on a handful of large checks, mainly from corporate and developer interests. The contrast reveals a simple story: independence versus dependency.
The entire "Show Us the Money" analysis can be found here.
We again invite fact-checks, especially regarding the Ferris campaign, to be sent to the editors @ HudsonCommonSense.com.
ReplyDeleteTruth, after all, is a public good, and local politics rarely produces enough of it.
We also renew our call for guest essays, ideally from the mayor himself, to make the strongest possible case for a fourth Kamal term.
A serious argument deserves to be heard in full, not filtered through slogans.
So far, the endorsements, chiefly a few Facebook posts and one from the former Director of the Spark of Hudson on her Substack, have relied more on sentiment than substance. “He is one of us” may warm hearts, but it is no substitute for evidence.
Sentimentality will not save Hudson, and it will do nothing for the city’s least privileged youth.
Thank you for this common sense comment.
DeleteAgree completely with the above two comments…
DeleteI happened to be looking at the donation numbers yesterday and also noticed the overall low number of Kamal donations. That's quite indicative of a public that has gone luke-warm for the incumbent.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting thing to look at is donors that gave money to Kamal's campaign in 2019 and haven't done so this year despite still living in Hudson.
Or worse, someone who donated to Kamal in 2019 but only gave money to, for example, Margaret's campaign this year. It seems pretty likely to me that such a person will not vote for Kamal this time around.
They're both sending out way too many mailers that go directly in the trash or recycling bin.
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