May 20, 2008
Discuss Tuesday's commentary and letters
A biased media hurt Harris campaign
Dan L. Frei
Frei has been directing Nelson Harris's political campaigns for the past 14 years. He was also the campaign director of the Trinkle, Mason and Dowe campaign two years ago. He lives in Roanoke.
Fourteen years ago in 1994, in his first campaign for elective office, one of the items Nelson Harris campaigned for was to renew Victory Stadium. There was a small article in the newspaper about it, but no TV station showed up at the press conference, and the candidate, a Democratic nominee, received no support on the issue from Mayor David Bowers, then in the second year of his first term, or from other members of council or from people in the community. He lost that first campaign by a little more than 400 votes to my friend Jack Parrott.
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Comments
[May 20, 2008 10:55 AM]
JoshI am surprised the Times printed this letter critical of the editorial staff. I'd like to have a dollar for every such post of mine that wasn't printed.
[May 20, 2008 3:31 PM]
AlDid not see any complaints from Frei when the RT's supported TMD (and Harris). What I cannot figure out is what happened between Harris and the RT's in the last two years that caused the split. Harris is the same nasty small minded person today that he was 4 years ago. I also question the point made about the $10 million figure. With the last figure on renovations at a net of about $16 million Harris used his "train has left the station" remark only to switch positions without any explanation. If he was hung up on $10 million he could have easily deflected a ton of criticism directed to himself and council by pointing it out...but he did no such thing. So long, Nelson!!