Ron Littlefield is the new Mayor of Chattanooga. Mayor-Elect Littlefield was out spent two to one by River City Executive Ann Coulter. Mayor-Elect Littlefield was the subject of some terrible editorial cartoons and biased media reporting.
I believe that the real lesson here is that Dan Johnson (the third candidate for Mayor in March)decided to give his total support to Mr. Littlefield. They knocked on doors and campaigned the old fashioned way. Mr. Littlefield should bring Dan Johnson along. Ms. Coulter continued to run television commercials and operate like a Big Timer.
The quote “mo po folks than rich folks” in this story explains it all. Money and big-timers don’t always get to legislate, because the big-timers come to be seen and forget to vote and do not get all their friends out to vote. While the real people “po folks” get out and vote, they call their friends and drive their friends to vote.
