What Paul Tomlinson Needs to Remember

When mayor-elect Paul Tomlinson is crowing to the newspapers about his success, he should keep something in mind; While 381 votes did get him elected, 554 voters (or almost 60%) voted AGAINST him being mayor.

And while we're number crunching... with 2406 registered voters in Kearney, 381 votes is only 15.8%.

So, while you feeling mighty proud(foot) about your popularity, you really only have the support of about a SIXTH of your constituents. And we know where that sixth comes from.

And something else to consider:

Every councillor that got voted in, received far more votes than Tomlinson. Even councillors that didn't get voted in received more votes than Tomlinson.

Oh, and in 2006 Mayor Johnston received almost twice the votes at 744, and in 2003 Cliff Reeds received more than twice the votes with 779. In both cases that was over 50% of the popular vote. Kinda makes 15.8% look pretty piss-poor, eh?

So Paul, you're Kearney's new mayor, but you're not loved by all. Not by a long shot.