According to this article in Sun Thisweek, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz complimented some voters of her city by praising them for voting for her. For those who did not, well, read for yourself.
From the article:
The result “says to me that we have a very, very smart electorate in Burnsville,” said Kautz, who won 16,600 votes to Willenburg’s 12,379. “We have intelligent people who evaluate your performance and your deliverables, and they look at the results, and that’s what they make their decisions from, rather than looking at political ideology or likes and dislikes.”
In other words, 16,600 people were very, very smart and the rest were stupid for voting for her opponent. An interesting way to alienate nearly half of the active electorate, too bad she didn’t do that a few weeks ago like another recent candidate who ended up failing. But while a catching headline, it’s not the worst thing thing Kautz mangled in the article.
From the article:
“And yet there are people who want leadership with vision, leaders that are optimistic and leaders that will make things happen,” Kautz said. “There is a Bible verse that says where there is no vision, the people perish. You must have a vision and good strategic direction.”
Ahh yes, Proverbs 29:18, the often misquoted Bible verse used by individuals wanting to inappropriately leverage religious texts and twist the meaning of the words written there in their favor. Not only did Kautz misuse this particular quote in her favor, she left out the most damning part. What this particular verse actually says is, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he,” and what it really means is if there is no word from a supreme being the people will no longer follow this supreme being’s laws. Awww, how cute. Not only was Kautz saying 12,379 people were stupid, she was also saying that she is God and they need her prophecy.
Mayor Kautz I suggest not only learning what Proverbs 29:18 really means but also reading and then regularly exercising Proverbs 21:23 as well: “Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble.”
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November 9th, 2012 at 8:11 am
… say “I’m going to mangle Bible verses because I want you to make me your leader. Do as I say.”
November 9th, 2012 at 8:16 am
While the nation is inching towards a “fiscal cliff”, Burnsville just plunged off the “mental cliff”.
Beam me up, Scotty.
November 9th, 2012 at 8:53 am
I agree with Kautz. For a long term incumbent mayor to win by just a few thousand votes when the majority of the voters don’t do shit for research proves that the electorate was pretty smart this year. 12,379 strong and growing. That number should be very alarming to her and Dr. Evil.
November 9th, 2012 at 10:24 am
I wonder how many people blindly voted for her as she is the incumbent. If you don’t have a clue on an issue, don’t vote on that issue! I hate that people feel that they must vote on every single item regardless of if they have a clue.
I can’t wait to see how her hunt into the negative ads comes out. Wonder what happens if it turns out she took out the ads herself to try to make her opponent look bad. I suppose the hunt would be called off before that surfaces.
I suppose the best thing the 12,379 of us idiots can do know is show up at city meetings and put the pressure on her and the city council on the topics of question. That and find a strong candidate for the next election and start putting their name out there.
November 9th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Alan,
The hunt would hit a dead end as I’m sure she’d have paid less than $750 to cover her tracks. I don’t think she sent out the mailer though, it didn’t make much sense to do so as it really could have backfired on her in many ways.
November 9th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Since you all know what I was going to say, I’ll be silent! Not much point in working on another way to say it.
November 9th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Cliff, do the CAFR reports talk about Kautz’s ability to misinterpret and spin words in her favor too? Fuck that’s wicked.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
I know it is unlikely Bill, however it seems really odd that the ad even ran.
Who out there was willing to “anonymously” pay for that? Wouldn’t it have been more effective to throw the money at an ad for Willenburg or perhaps more signage to put out there? Willenburg himself said he didn’t have money to send out some material he had, so it seems odd if it were to turn out to be him.
With 3 of the precinct polling places within eye sight of Buck Hill, wouldn’t some type of ad in that area been more productive? On that note, anyone else annoyed that many of the Burnsville polling places are outside the precinct that they are for?
November 10th, 2012 at 3:15 am
Sorry if I’ve missed it, but has there been any informed speculation (Alan’s doesn’t qualify) about who did the mailer?