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Excellent points, as always, WwkVoter.

I'd only offer that Solomon since is mayor now, it's his name and face on the city. And as I mentioned, he and the Dem council have essentially been in total control of the budget.

So, one real question here is whether Solomon's current standing will help or hurt him.

Also, I think the positive image of Avedisian among many voters [overwhelming majorities for the last 18 years] counts for a lot.

This leads to the second question, one that I think drives right to the heart of your view on Stenhouse: Will Avedisian's positive reputation be transferable to a candidate who has that kind of PR disaster in her past?

And, respectfully, I disagree that she can't address it.

Here's what I think might work: "I made a mistake, I know I embarrassed a lot of people, I'm still humiliated over it. But I believe in taking responsibility and earning back peoples' trust, and I know that what I have to offer the city is bigger than one mistake."

...Or something like that. I'm no campaign operative, mind you. I'm just thinking from the standpoint of, she's in this race and needs to limit the potential for the prior incident to overwhelm the campaign.

As you say, though, that's the fun of discussing elections -- you never know what might happen.

I appreciate your input and viewpoint on this, WV!