Toledo Talk post: Fifth Grader Mayoral Candidate Ben Konop Whines About His Toys

Fifth Grader Mayoral Candidate Ben Konop Whines About His Toys

Ben Konop hopes to be mayor of Toledo. Based upon this Jun 10, 2009 Blade story, it's obvious that Konop lacks the toughness, maturity, tact, and intelligence required to be mayor of a gritty town like Toledo.

Republican mayoral candidate Jim Moody yesterday called for more detailed disclosure of politicians' votes and their campaign finance reports - and then got accused by Democrat Ben Konop of cribbing his ideas from his 2006 campaign for Lucas County commissioner.

Ideas by politicians are rarely original. They cabbage their ideas and slogans from others. Konop acts like he invented the idea of political transparency. And how many politicians say they're for "change" or plan to be "business-friendly?" Konop uses the "change" term a lot. He stole that from somebody.

Mr. Konop, a Democrat, claimed Mr. Moody's "proposals for bringing transparency to government are nearly identical" to his own proposals when he ran for county commissioner in 2006. "It seems Moody has hijacked [Mr.] Konop's ideas and speech lines," the Konop campaign [whined]. He also noted a similarity in Mr. Moody's logo and that of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's logo.

Mr. Moody said a Web designer produced his logo. "Utterly ridiculous," Mr. Moody said of Mr. Konop's claims to have borrowed from his 2006 platform. He said he came up with his proposal by searching the Internet for ideas that have been proposed in other municipalities. "Ben Konop's assertion that I have plagiarized his ideas are an illusion and a complete fabrication of the truth. On the other [hand], it's nice that he agrees with me," he said.

Mr. Konop said his re- forms didn't cost anything but Mr. Moody's plans for a Webcast will be costly to the city.

So Konop or his campaign is claiming that Konop's ideas won't cost the taxpayers money. Funny.

Mr. Konop also said Mr. Moody ripped off the term "ol' boys network" from him. "The phrase is "nearly identical to the 'good ol' boys network' label Commissioner Konop has used for years to describe the back-scratching, back-room politics in Toledo," the Konop campaign said. The term "good ol' boys network" has appeared off and on in The Blade since 1992.

Whoa, the Blade cracking on their boy with that 1992 comment.

Embarassing. Konop is acting pissy over who created the phrase "ol' boys network." Proof that Konop is unfit for something as important as mayor of Toledo.

This also appears to be another violation by Konop of the Blade's clean campaign pledge that the mayoral candidates agreed to.

created by jr on Jun 10, 2009 at 08:17:43 am
updated by jr on Jun 10, 2009 at 10:29:58 pm Comments: 1

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This is definitely a clear violation of the clean campaign act that all candidates should follow. I understand that he who slings mud first stays the cleanest, but he who slung mud will eventually get dirty. Ben Konop is fooling no one with the tactics of "honesty, forward change, and positive enforcement" that he portrays. If he did enbody all of these characteristics he would be serving out the 4 year commitment that he made to the city of Toledo, and not jumping ship early to run for a position he thinks is "rightfully" his.

posted by got2bfit on Jun 11, 2009 at 04:44:50 pm #

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