Democratic Candidate For Mayor Turns Down Date With Blogger

I emailed Meg Kelly who is the Democratic party’s endorsed candidate for mayor, seeking to interview her about her candidacy for this blog.  Rather than hearing from her, I received an email from a Mr. Rick Landry who identified himself as her campaign manager.  He asked what I wanted to interview her about.  I wrote back that I wanted to hear her ideas about issues facing the city.

Mr. Landry emailed me and advised that Ms. Kelly was not available at this time.

I am amused that I must go through an intermediary rather than deal with her directly.

[Emails To Meg Kelly]

From:    John Kaufmann[]

Sent:     Wednesday, June 28, 2017 6:03 PM

To:          ‘Meg.Kelly

Subject:   Interview

Are you available for an interview about your candidacy?

From: Rick Landry < >

Date: June 29, 2017 at 1:31:54 PM EDT

To: John.kaufmann

Subject: Meg Kelly’s campaign

Greetings John,

My name is Rick Landry, and I am Meg Kelly’s campaign manager. Meg does not use her city hall address for political correspondences, and I am coordinating that side of things for her. What are you interested in talking to her about?

Best,

Rick Landry

Meg Kelly for Mayor

Campaign Manager

From: John Kaufmann < >

Date: June 29, 2017 at 1:37:28 PM EDT

To: Rick Landry < >

Subject: Re: Meg Kelly’s campaign

A general discussion of the issues facing the city.  How should I contact her in the future?

From:    John Kaufmann []

Sent:     Saturday, July 01, 2017 12:17 PM

To:          Rick Landry ()

Subject:  Status

What is the status of my request for an interview?

From:    Rick Landry []

Sent:     Saturday, July 01, 2017 4:00 PM

To:          John Kaufmann

Subject:               Re: Status

Hi John. My apologies, I got to town recently and we are just starting to set up the campaign.

Perhaps Meg can do an interview down the road but I would like to hold off on that for now.

I personally am a follower of your blog and I think it is a great resource for analysis and debate of issues facing Saratoga. Best of luck moving forward.

– Rick

7 thoughts on “Democratic Candidate For Mayor Turns Down Date With Blogger”

  1. Are you ready for some (political) football?

    {Play-by-Play Announcer} “Let’s go down to the field, where hopefully Head Referee Ed Hockule has this sorted out…

    {Referee} “We have two flags on the play. Number 70, 5 yards for excessive offense taking…”

    {P-B-P} “That’s John Kaufmann…”

    {Color Announcer – initials are AG} “Yeah, I’m wondering what Kaufmann was thinking here… I was so sure that I missed something that I replayed the exchange between Kaufmann and Landry three times. I don’t see what the problem is: The guy introduced himself, said nice things about Kaufmann’s blog, and held the door wide open for a future meet with the Deputy Mayor. Seems like a mensch to me…”

    {Referee} “…and a 15-yard Major, number 70….

    {P-B-P} “Kaufmann again.”

    {Referee}”…For unfortunate headline writing.”

    {P-B-P} “Arthur, while still a player you were inducted to the Headline Writing Hall Of Fame. Where did Kaufmann go wrong here?”

    {Color} “Well, a good headline has to be eye-catching, and certainly it helps to be provocative. That’s all fine here. But most of all – it has to be accurate – meaning, reflective of what the story inside is saying… Candidate for Mayor turns down DATE! This has LOL written all over it folks… I just wanna know where they will go on their date – maybe Ben + Jerry’s and hang out on the swings? Maybe they can get Doug and Jane to chauffer and chaperone! Really… Kaufmann needs to regroup. The Coach has sat him down; he’s lucky that the ref didn’t eject him for that one. Date – please…”

    {P-B-P} “Well, that’s the end of the first quarter. We’ll be back with more action after these words from Jefferson Terrace Condos Le Moderne.”

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  3. Ms Kelly?
    Or Mrs. Mills?
    p.s Loved Arthur’s rant. Some good points.
    Let’s all give Mr Landry a pass…..for now.
    Happy 4th.

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  4. Ms.Kelly and Mrs.Mills will be making a joint statement on all the issues in the very near future and any responses they make is not a reflection of their true feelings only an outline until they can agree. The seriousness of their candidacy remains their paramount focus…so until we meet again………FORE!

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