(With apologies &/or gratitude to Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks.)
Did anybody ask for this?
Former Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss hopes to move to a new political arena – the state senate.
Mere months after the ignominious end of his mayoralty, Bob Kiss apparently believes it’s time to get back on the horse. He either has a big set of cojones or a bad case of cluelessness. Or possibly both.
He said he sees his political experience – six years in the Vermont House and then six as Burlington’s mayor – as an asset to his candidacy.
He’s one of a select few who would see the last six years as a political asset. To be fair, I don’t know Bob Kiss, and as a Montpelier resident, I follow Burlington politics at a distance. But my sense is that he’s a nice guy who made a lot of mistakes as mayor, had little to no support at the end, and left office because the writing was on the wall. His misadventures were — and are — a significant handicap for the Progressive Party, and helped sink the city’s IRV system. Doesn’t sound like an asset to me.
On top of all that political baggage, Kiss would also face stiff competition for Chittenden County’s six Senate seats. Five incumbents are in the race; Burlington City Councilor Ed Adrian is in the running, and former State Rep. David Zuckerman is mulling a bid.
But for Bob Kiss, it’s full speed ahead.
“People have had a chance to review and consider the work I have already done,” he said.
Yes, I’d say that’s true. But I don’t think it helps.
“To be fair, I don’t know Bob Kiss, and as a Montpelier resident, I follow Burlington politics at a distance.”
Why wouldn’t saying nothing have sufficed? It’s your turn to blog and this is all you had? Maybe you should call him and interview him rather than dissing him and then acknowledging you’re ignorant.
I like Bob, and he was a really good and effective legislator when he was in the House. I worked closely with him on a lot of bills. Still, it’s hard to understand how he thinks that voters either inside Burlington or in the rest of Chittenden County would vote for him.
In a few years, if Burlington Telecom gets straightened out and proves to be the success that its supporters always thought it would be, that would be comeback time, but not now.
that I know in Chittenden County thinks this is anything but a really bad joke. However unfortunate or inappropriate or timely, the stock held by Bob Kiss in this area has taken a cut at the knees. Take a break Bob.