In the race for the Athens state representative, it comes down to experience versus opinions, and experience wins every time. Athens voters should select Jimmy Stewart over challenger Debbie Phillips in November.
Stewart has been serving the Athens area for years, as a member of City Council, the Athens City auditor and now as a two-term member of the state legislature. He has fought hard to bring money to this area and has worked on bipartisanship acts that would improve the area's economy.
He's a popular homegrown incumbent who represents what is right with representative politics ' the ability to look past ideology and act on what best benefits the area. State money has been drying up in the last decade, but thanks to Stewart, it hasn't gone away completely.
Councilwoman Phillips has plenty of opinions, but few ideas to back them up. This is not the time to elect an inexperienced candidate running on ambiguities and a lack of decisiveness.
Phillips has also accused Stewart of being embedded with the corrupt Republican system in Columbus. Being a Republican does not necessarily mean being shady and Phillips is way off the mark in trying to connect Stewart with Ney. In fact, she is the one trying to ride the Ted Strickland coattails, using his energy plan as hers.
This is not, as some will say, a blanket endorsement of the Republican Party, rather this is seeing the race for what it is: Someone who will do their best to better Athens running against someone who just doesn't know how.
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Stewart the right man for 92nd district in race of practicality against vagueness
