Boise city council race: Brandi Swindell vs. Maryanne Jordan

[Bluebear]

Maryanne Jordan


Brandi Swindell


BOISE - Three Boise City Council elections will be decided on Nov. 8.

In preparation, Local 2 News is providing viewers with a glimpse of who the six candidates are, and where they stand on issues of concern to Boiseans. Today, we focus on incumbent City Council President Maryanne Jordan, and her opponent, candidate Brandi Swindell......

Swindell, 28, co-chair of the Keep The Commandments Coalition, announced her candidacy today on the steps of City Hall, the final day to file for city office.

Jordan, 48, declared her intention to run for reelection in August.

Swindell, a Christian activist who has gained notoriety in the pro-life debate as well as the controversy over placement of the Ten Commandments monument, said she's running against Jordan because she voted to remove the 10 Commandments monument from Julia Davis Park.


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[KingFlorez]

1. Is the second one a witch or something?

Sure looks like it.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Change one letter and you've got it.

[jmowreader]

3. The picture of Ms. Swindell looks...well...

Okay, I'll say it: Brandi Swindell's photo looks like it belongs on the cover of a Slipknot album. Or maybe Ozzy's next release.

[Erika]

4. Swindell is a barbie doll mindless far right winger

She's another Tammy Faye but without a man. I think of her as the Janice Jackson of the right but without talent.

Her opponent chose to back the democrat mayor in relocating the 10 commandments (Paid for by Cecile d'Mille) from a public park to a prime location in front of a church across from the Idaho Statehouse when issued a challenge by the nut Phelps.

[nosmokes]

5. check out what randy has to say about her

ridenbaugh press you hafta scroll down just a bit

[Bluebear]

6. Thanks nosmokes

Even more enlightening!

[KingFlorez]

7. Is she running for city council or entering a pageant?

I went on her site and I've never seen candidates look like this:

[Bluebear]

8. I had exactly that thought

And THEN she gets mad and calls her detractors "sexist". I'm with you, no serious candidate I have ever seen has run a "Glamour Shot" for publicity.

[PowerToThePeople]

11. I would give her the 'ol Clinton one-eyed monster...

Though I work in Idaho, still WA resident, so no voting against right wing chick for me =(

[IDemo]

9. Guest opinion from Boise Weekly

OCTOBER 19, 2005
Why I'm no longer a Republican

BY ERIC P. NIELSEN

Gary Glenn, Cheryl Crow, Dennis Mansfield, Henry Kulsnyk, Jerry Sweet and now Brandi Swindell. And this is just the short list. Why does the Republican Party in Idaho keep fostering one-note political candidates on us that have no real interest in public service, but are backed by the Republicans because they are considered electable on their extremist views?

I think electability is the key word. There are some smart guys at the head of the Republican Party. So smart they think they don't need any new ideas. All they need are warm bodies in elected office that will vote the party line when called upon and only be mildly embarrassing when let off the leash of the party line and occasionally useful for pushing agendas they don't want to be seen publicly inciting, but in the end support.

When I saw that Brandi Swindell was running for a City of Boise Council seat, I was of the same opinion as when Mr. Mansfield ran for office. Many of my friends, both Republican and Libertarian, were dismayed when I said "good for him." My opinion was to let the voters tell him we don't need him telling us what to do and how to behave. The voters spoke. He lost. Big time. I hope the citizens of The City of Boise have a similar opinion of Ms. Swindell.

[Bluebear]

10. Thank you Idemo

Good read!