Julie Short counting on imported hate and hypocritical hype
Apparently Mansfield mayoral candidate, Julie Short, is betting that voters will choose attack-and-divide, tear-it-all-down politics over safe neighborhoods, low taxes, and the economic success demonstrated by current Mayor Michael Evans.
How else do you explain Short opening her campaign by rallying with an out-of-town certified hate group, True Texas Project, and then following it up by announcing an endorsement from the political arm of indicted-pedophile-Robert Morris’ North Fort Worth fundamentalist church network?
Hate and Hypocrisy May Be Short’s Strong Suits
While Julie Short sits on the Mansfield City Council, she’s in a political box. Any credit she might claim for the unquestioned success of Mansfield in recent years counts doubly for current Mayor Evans. He is a strong and charismatic leader who reduced local taxes to their lowest rate in over 30 years, made Mansfield the top mid-size city, and lifted local police, fire, and EMT services to the top ranks in our state. At best, Short was along for the ride.
So what does Short have that Mayor Evans doesn’t? Toxic ties to extreme and divisive out-of-town agitators. Short is tight with groups and individuals who specialize in negative attacks designed to divide neighbor against neighbor. It’s a political strategy that has worked in Republican primaries for years. Now Short wants to introduce it to Mansfield city elections.
Over the next several weeks, we’ll find out if Mansfield voters choose unity and success over hate and hypocrisy.
