A day away from the mayoral election, you’d almost think there wasn’t one. The coverage in the local print media has been sparse even considering the reduced resources these others are working with.
Many of challenger Jeffrey Kerekes’ tweets have been substantive of the sort which demands independent validation– that a poll commissioned by the Destefano campaign shows Kerekes to be “neck and neck” with the incumbent. I can’t find those poll results online or anywhere, or any commentary whatsoever, on how close (or distant) this race is. That horse race mentality its usually second nature for local media.
Without any debates since the primaries, mosh of the talk on prevalent issues and philosophical disputes in the campaign has been left to the candidates’ own promotional fliers. Only the most flagrant overstatements are raising eyebrows.
Kerekes has told the New Haven Independent, which has certainly done steady and impressive campaign coverage, that he feels the message is getting out. But how?