The mayoral race in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has two LGBT groups backing a straight incumbent over his lesbian opponent. How dare they!
Both the Michigan Democratic Partyās Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Allies Caucus and something called Lesbians Opposing Lesko are backing hetero John Hieftje over lesbian challenger Patricia Lesko. Why? According to ā ahem ā LOL, Lesko viciously attacks people who piss her off by running over their cats and slashing their tires. OK! But how about her actual policies?
Leskoās critics call her divisive and deceitful, pointing to several months worth of inaccurate claims she made against the mayor and city officials under the pseudonym āSam Rosenthalā on her blog A2Politico.com.
If elected, Lesko would be Michiganās second openly gay mayor and one of only 21 openly nationwide. But LOL says thatās no reason to vote for her: āThere are a certain number of lesbians who will vote for another lesbian over a straight candidate because they make an assumption that someone with whom they have something in common will share their political views. Itās not necessarily true, sometimes itās just the opposite.ā
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Worth noting: While Lesko is attacked for anonymously posting comments to her own blog under a pseduonym, the founders of LOL are posting on their blog ā¦ anonymously, as āFounder #1ā and āFounder #2.ā
tomtab
I used to live in Ann Arbor and Hieftje is a great on LGBT issues. He’s very supportive of the community.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
“Lesko viciously attacks people who piss her off by running over their cats and slashing their tires”………..I would say they have wheely good reasons not to vote for her……… :-p
(c’mon I couldn’t resist…………)
TJ
Ann Arbor is already gay friendly. Why vote out an incumbent if he’s doing a good job?
Ryan
Does she pet the cats before running them over? š
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@Ryan: I’m telling PETA on you!
james_from_the_great_city_of_cambridge
The running cats over with her car business is all I need to know. My cat and I both agree…off with her fat head!!!
alan brickman
you support the politico who supports equal rights for gays…not someone who “happens” to be gay..they will kick you under the bus!!!