GGW: Should Barry be worried about next year’s Ward 8 primary?

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Excerpt:

It is detrimental to the District for Ward 8 to continue to be Barry's fiefdom of "the least, the last, and the lost." Evidenced by citizens' recent reactions to Barry's request for Ward 8 to absorb parts of Ward 6 in redistricting, there is a collective malaise outside Ward 8 about Barry.

As long as his influence is confined to Ward 8 people seem content to disregard him. When he makes unwanted excursions into other parts of the city, voters promptly and viscerally reply in full. But the livelihood of the city and Ward 8 are not mutually exclusive. Barry is not just Ward 8's problem; he's a citywide problem requiring a united citywide solution.

A challenger must develop a citywide organization that can outwork Barry at the retail level from door knocks, to steady surrogate presence at community meetings and well-formed and committed coalitions that can raise the money necessary to pay full-time staff, purchase collateral (t-shirts, yard signs, and bumper stickers) and fund an aggressive 72 hour get-out-the-vote effort.

Unless this happens, after once being set-up himself Barry will continue to strut, knowing he has Ward 8 sewn up.