
Ok so its been about a week now since
Dr.,
School Board Member, Councilman Patrick Dowd announced his
intentions to run for mayor. So how have things been shaping up?
Well Dowd's
facebook group seems to be fairing well. But what's
this? Its his pledge drive to raise money, but it was promised he would raise $5,000 in 48 hours. So one week later, Pat still only has $31.27. Not off to a good start. I'm a little curious as to what else Dowd is doing to get his campaign going. I mean his
website is barely functional and he has a little bit of name recognition with the Facebook crowd, but thats not exactly the demographic that wins you elections in Pittsburgh. At this point, Dowd isn't even just token opposition.
One week after Patrick announced, I'm left with more questions than answers.
- What are you doing to get your name out there, Patrick?
- Why did you get in the race too late to file for the Democratic endorsement?
- What are the issues you are running on? (we know you think these are transformative times, but for what?)
- Is it too early to start calling Dowd a lazy campaigner?
Is there really any support for Dowd if this is all he can muster up in a week? Maybe transformative times need to visit the Dowd campaign.