The LuLac Edition #2479, July 22nd, 2013
A CANDIDATE FINALLY?
The Scranton Times reported the other day that Attorney James Mulligan of Scranton put in his resume for the open candidacy for the nomination of the GOP for Scranton Mayor. Steve Corbett was talking up his candidacy this afternoon on WILK.
The Scranton GOP is a joke, has been and will continue to be so if it doesn’t come up with candidates who are credible. The GOP had two candidates in the primary race this past Spring. Garrett Lewis and Marcel Lisi ran badly in the general vote count. Lewis bagged out saying he wasn’t interested. So the GOP Chair Lance Stange is accepting resumes and reviewing them. The deadline is August 2nd.
Mulligan says he wants to work hard to give the voters an alternative to the Democratic nominee Bill Courtright. Courtright, even in victory has some detractors but Liz Randol is off to an organizing job in the state and any semblance of whatever organization she had is not enough to hurt Courtright.
Stange, who has a back breaking job with Penn Dot will not reveal how many people applied. If any.
Mulligan seems to be a good candidate. I mean he’s an Attorney, a card carrying member of the GOP and can build coalitions with disaffected Democrats. But this is not 1979 when the Reverend Vernon Searfoss beat the GOP organization candidate Ed Hughes and drew Democrats not happy with Gene Hickey.
It is also not 1989 when former Democrat Jimmy Connors ran on the GOP line and gathered Democrats not happy with Jerry Notariani as the nominee. That year, there were multiple candidates in that race including former Mayor Jim McNulty and other Democrats of lineage and prestige. There was an abundance of beefs to pick off votes from. Not this year.
If Mulligan becomes the nominee, it will put new life in the race for Scranton Mayor. He will add zest to the debate. Maybe make Courtright work a little bit harder. But what bothers me is that as I researched this article, I could not find a photo of Attorney James T. Mulligan in the public on line record anywhere. That’s not a good sign and tells me this will be an uphill battle.
1963
ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Services......
Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level. Roman Catholic Church accepts cremation as a funeral practice. Secret police loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam. And fifty years ago this week the number 1 song in LuLac land was "So Much In Love" by the Tymes.
posted by David Yonki @ 7:40 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Great stuff on 1963. I had a zip code book, did you?
Also, like your take on the Scranton Mayor's race.
IN RESPONSE
Great stuff on 1963. I had a zip code book, did you?
YEP, I THINK WE GOT IT FOR A BUCK. IT WAS SOLD TO US BY OUR POSTMAN GEORGE ZAPKO. NOT ZIPKO. KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE PULLING FOR ZAP CODES TO MAKE GEORGE FAMOUS BUT TO NO AVAIL. I THINK OUR HOMESTEAD STILL HAD THAT BOOK WHEN MY MOM DIED IN 2008.
Scranton GOP candidate, no chance, especially with Corbett singing his prases. Corbett is the kiss of death.
IN RESPONSE
Scranton GOP candidate, no chance, especially with Corbett singing his prases.
I NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE I HEARD ABOUT HIM ON CORBETT.
The Zip code story reminds me of a hoax permeated a few years back.
I am not certain if I have this down pat, but someone produced what were supposedlyh love letters from JFK to Marilyn Monroe or vice versa. ONly problem, the envelopes had zip codes on them. Marily died in 1962.
As the old Professor would say, the hoaxee didnt do his research!!!
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