Brady and Taubenberger fight over firemen

Looks like Local 22 is going to have a big decision on its hands in November if Bob Brady wins the Democratic primary: The union also endorsed Republican Al Taubenberger, according to the Public Record.

"I am overwhelmed by Local 22's endorsement," Taubenberger said. "Our firefighters and emergency care professionals put their lives on the line for us everyday. I am honored to have them stand with me."

In other law enforcement mayoral race news, take a look at this interesting poll over at Domelights, the message board for local men in blue.

Brady, endorsed by the FOP, comes in third behind Michael Nutter and Tom Knox. Nutter leads with 61 percent of the nearly 100 votes cast so far. Unscientific, of course, but it may say a little something about the power of endorsements. That they're not always that powerful. (Take 97 votes for what they're worth; the real poll is May 15, as they say).

Brady gets 10 percent of the vote, Evans 2 and, shockingly, Chaka Fattah pulls down 0 votes.

The Public Record also endorses Brady and compares him to Street Sense. Both Fattah and Nutter have already compared themselves to Street Sense. Who's the real Street Sense? You decide.

Comments

[ThinkForMyself]

I'm a union member (DC47) and I never consider who my union has endorsed to figure out who to vote for. I have a brain of my own and I like to use it. I don't need someone else to do my thinking for me.

[Tim O'Leary]

So does this mean you're voting for Chaka?

[hb]

This is a rogue website run by an anti-FOP person. The vast majority of police officers know that Bob Brady is the best choice for us.

[Tim O'Leary]

I just looked at that website, I seriously doubt that the comments on there are representative of Philly Cops and Firefighters. In fact, I would go so far as to say that to promote that site without verifying what it is tied to and who influences it is a tad reckless.

[joshcornfield]

Domelights is known as a message board where local police officers go to chat. Is it representative of the entire force, of course not.

[Tim O'Leary]

Then, you could say that domelights is about as reliable on police issues as PhillyBlog is representative of how tolerant the City is.

At best, Domelights is "truthy".

What's next, wikipedia references?... If I wanted that I'll go to Philly Will Do.

[JoshCornfield]

I've made my share of Wikipedia references, thank you very much.

I noted that the poll on the site was such a small sample size that it doesn't really tell us all that much, except, of course, that not everyone votes for who their union tells them to.

Same as one of the cleaning ladies in my building doesn't plan to vote for Fattah, even though SEIU backed him.

This is pointing out the obvious, obviously, not me breaking news.

[Electricians for Brady]

We will shed light on this topic -Brady for Mayor!