From the mayoral debate Tuesday, the choice is clear. Ginny Dickey came thoroughly prepared to not miss any important point about any issue of which she is so knowledgeable. Yates merely blustered about vague and unrealistic ideas that were frankly shocking given his “I’m an expert” proclamations.

He cannot wave a magic wand and overnight have appear vast amounts of big box retail, industry, housing and people flooding in to satisfy our immediate revenue needs. We need a thoughtful, full-time Mayor, not the Wizard of Oz. He is out of touch with what this town is and wants to stay.

Vote for Ginny Dickey, who will be part of solutions; not Yates, who has been part of the problems with the previous council.

He was in the council clique lagoon push. He was part of the “downtown” debacle, which went over height, is ugly and saw the developer skate on hundreds of thousands in fees. Now Yates’ company oversees the leasing. Coincidence? The conflicts of interest of both time and ethics with Yates are just too great, given his heavy involvement in his business and potential profit from participation in his unrealistic development ideas for the town. What time will he devote to being mayor?

Interrupting rudely, he was condescendingly patronizing and misrepresented numbers to justify his plans. The median (industry standard term) price for a home here is $392,000 not $500,000 “average,” as he claimed.

Ginny will unite, not divide. In the debate, Yates used partisan buzz words to rally a partisan base in a race that is not partisan. We need to come together to solve our challenges that face us all equally. We don’t need dark money coming in dividing the town, conflating issues with ugly signage and propaganda.

Vote Ginny Dickey!