The Most Important Florence Election: Mayor

 

With seven candidates in the Florence mayoral race, a runoff is a given. Who will be the candidates?

Our prediction is Ron Tyler against either Steve Holt or Bill Griffin. Do we have a preference?

In the 2020 election, we supported Mayor Steve Holt. We were surprised that he lost to such an ineffectual candidate as Andy Betteron, even by 11 votes. We believe many Florence citizens learned their lesson during the past five stormy years.

If not for outside interference, we believe Mayor Holt would be well on his way to a third term. Do we believe he now should be given a second term?

That time may have passed. Is it time for another candidate to occupy the mayor's office? We posit that it is.

We encourage you to vote for Bill Griffin on August 26th.