Election 2015 Jeff Mayor's Race

   

Moore's the front runner unless he shoots himself in the foot...

The Jeffersonville mayoral race will highlight the 2015 city elections. As it looks now and pending some unexpected primary results, incumbent Mike Moore (R) will face city councilman Dennis Julius (D) in Nov. 2015. Moore has to be considered the favorite as a lot of positive growth and new projects have came about in Moore's first three years in office. The Big Four Bridge and landing and revitalization of downtown, the proposed development of the Hwy. 62 corridor, the new marina, the Veterans Pkwy. development are some of the positive aspects here locally under Moore. We realize that the Big Four bridge and subsequent upswing downtown wasn't Moore's idea but like every mayor before him he'll get the credit.....for mainly being in the right place at the right time....

   The negatives are mainly the constant bickering back and forth between Moore and the City council. Though this was mostly just political posturing Moore could have handled it better by not reverting to name calling as he did in a couple of instances. Also improvement in an already poor traffic and road infrastructure hasn't been addressed adequately under Moore especially in the out

Galligan Lite ???

lying east end area.

  Julius who started his campaign for mayor almost as soon as he took his seat on the city council will most certainly be burdened by the conception of all the money his business (Walnut Ridge) has made from the city over the years. His friendship and association with the polarizing former mayor Tom Galligan will come into question...some consider  Julius a Galligan lite. This could also work to his advantage as there is a mostly older core group of the Galligan  camp, who haven't gotten over the victory of Moore over Galligan in 2011 and will most certainly back Julius.

 In the end the BatBlog's opinion, unless Moore shoots himself in the foot in the next year before the election it's his race to lose. The visible, positive growth you see around town after the Galligan years of stagnation will overshadow any negative perceptions of Moore. The negative perception is mostly put out by the bitter rivals of the mayor, but the majority of the voters will notice the mostly positive changes under Moore and vote accordingly....and of course right now it doesn't hurt being a Republican here locally....