Dan Does the Brandi-Bash

The radical left has gone into more Brandi Swindell-bashing. First on Friday, we get this letter to the editor from Penny Dunlap:

It is wonderful that a young person in Boise wants to run for City Council, however, I find something lacking in Ms. Swindell’s resume — a college education.

Perhaps Ms. Swindell should use her time to further her education before running for City Council…pursuing higher education would hopefully broaden her perspective.

Okay, yeah I remember there was that part of the City Code that requires members of the City Council to be College Graduates…oh wait, that doesn’t exist.

It would appear that Ms. Dunlap may need to go back to school on statistics. 77.4% of Idahoans don’t have a Bachelor’s degree according to the US Census Bureau. In addition, we elected 17 legislators last year who had not finished a Bachelor’s degree. Shirley McKague has served 5 terms in the legislature despite never going beyond High School.

Dan Popkey had some things to say on this issue this weekend. First, he’s mad at the Idaho Republican Party for letting Brandi Swindell use their resources to run the campaign:

That’s been the practice. Party stalwarts worked hard for former Mayor Brent Coles, a Republican, and incumbent Mayor Dave Bieter, a Democrat. But until now party infrastructure — offices, voter lists, staff — have not been employed in non-partisan contests.

Hey Dan! Guess when non-partisanship died in Boise city government? When the mayor and the council showed themselves to be San Francisco style liberals by removing the Ten Commandments monument. If liberals will stop our cities from becoming a ground zero in the culture wars, we wouldn’t be here. Dan goes on:

I’m baffled Sullivan picked Swindell for this leap into non-partisan elections. Jim Tibbs might make sense, but not an extremist who opposes condom use and has zero experience with the collaborative skills it takes to make a city work.

Councilwoman Jordan is a businesswoman who sells police supplies. She’s toiled in the vineyard of local issues as president of the West Valley Neighborhood Association and a Planning & Zoning commissioner. She’s worked on Foothills preservation and transportation planning. She’s been on the council since 2003 and has a degree in political science.

Swindell graduated from Meridian High School but has no college degree. Image is everything. Good looks got her TV time on O’Reilly…

Wow, so she only gets on TV because of her looks, not because of anything she has to say or contribute…hmm!

SEXIST ALERT! BIG FAT SEXIST ALERT!

Can you imagine someone writing this about a liberal woman, “Why she only gets on talk shows because of her looks.” It would not be tolerated, but the editorial board of the Statesman just gives it a wink and a nod. Its okay to be sexist if you work for the liberal media.

Also if Jordan is such a great councilwoman and has the great personal skills, why did she support the brilliant idea of not even holding a public hearing on the Ten Commandments issue.

In my lifetime, the national debt has gone up more than 8 trillion dollars under college educated “smart people.” Wasteful government programs are started by these same people. The Boise City Council is full of elitists who think they know so much better than the people who elected them and don’t care what the uneducated masses think. We need Common Sense from a citizen of Boise and not just another arrogant politician. That’s why Brandi should be elected.

Boise, Brandi Swindell

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