Richins, Kavanaugh, Finter endorse Smith

Its another big week for Scott Smith, with all three of the newly elected councilmembers endorsing his bid for Mayor (here is the Republic version as well). Smith already did well in Districts 1, 2, and 3, and I assume this will help him even further.

Dave Richins, Dennis Kavanaugh, and Alex Finter mounted successful campaigns, and I think this move helps build Smith's momentum as a winner. Also, last time I checked, it takes 4 votes to get something done on the council, and so it looks like Smith already has the beginning of a coalition built. What's even more telling to me, is that these new councilpeople clearly have spent time with both candidates (through forums and whatnot) and they all came to the same conclusion that Smith is a better fit.

It will be interesting to see if these little articles develop into full stories for tomorrow's print edition and see what Griswold has to say about it. My guess is that he will try to play the "outsider" as if these three guys newly elected are part of some conspiracy against him.