Davidoff Doublecross

Published May 12, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

He ran as a Republican.
Now he's a Democrat.
Yawn.

It's the same old Barbara Carpenter/Joe Verrengia escapade.

His run last fall, as well as the time before that, on the Republican ticket was essentially a lie.
Why should anyone be surprised that Davidoff has finally come out of his political closet? Truth be known, he's been voting with Democrats all along anyway...So, now "the voice of reason" can go off and be verbose on the Democrat side of the table.

The Hartford Courant reported

The decision by the former Republican minority leader gives the Democrats a 7-2 majority on the council until the next municipal election in November 2011.

"I'm definitely more in line with the ideology and beliefs of the local Democratic Party than the Republicans. So after much thought, I resolved to do what I think is right," Davidoff said Monday. "Most of the issues we face on the council are common-sense, not Republican or Democrat or what is politically popular."

If he really wanted to do "what was right", Davidoff would have resigned clearing the way for another Republican to take his seat. The minority party is supposed to have 3 representatives at the table, but that's not going to happen as that stipulation has already been ignored. And if Davidoff truly believed in his statement of "issues not being Republican or Democrat", then why was it so important for him to change parties?

Adler and Hall might as well walk away in protest; it's not like their time is going to be spent effectively with such odds stacked against them. They won't even be able to cover committee meetings in a useful or practical manner.

As for the state of the Republican party in West Hartford.
There is none.
Hasn't been one in years.
Republicans in town can thank the Republican Town Committee shadow leadership for that.
But that's another story.

Gotta admit though, at least when Visconti was on the Town Council things were a little bit more interesting and lively.




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