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Morrison Didn't Deserve It
RECEIVED Wed., Jan. 2, 2019
Dear Editor,
I was shocked to read in the latest edition of the Chronicle that Laura Morrison failed to carry even a single voting precinct in the recent mayor’s race [“Days Like These,” News, Dec. 28]. I knew she had done poorly, with only 19% of the vote, but I never imagined that it was that bad. The sad fact is that – even if only based on her outstanding record or service to the city as a council member – she DID NOT DESERVE such a poor reception from the voters. The fanatics and extremists at the Austin Neighborhoods Council and its front CNC [Community Not Commodity] who talked Morrison into running and promised her all kinds of support fully earned the total repudiation they received from the voters … Laura Morrison did not. As a voter I want to apologize to her for our lack of appreciation for all she had previously done for all of Austin.
I was shocked to read in the latest edition of the Chronicle that Laura Morrison failed to carry even a single voting precinct in the recent mayor’s race [“Days Like These,” News, Dec. 28]. I knew she had done poorly, with only 19% of the vote, but I never imagined that it was that bad. The sad fact is that – even if only based on her outstanding record or service to the city as a council member – she DID NOT DESERVE such a poor reception from the voters. The fanatics and extremists at the Austin Neighborhoods Council and its front CNC [Community Not Commodity] who talked Morrison into running and promised her all kinds of support fully earned the total repudiation they received from the voters … Laura Morrison did not. As a voter I want to apologize to her for our lack of appreciation for all she had previously done for all of Austin.
E. Brian Graham