"Spoiler Steve" Website

The website for City Council candidate "Spoiler Steve" Monks (running as part of the Vote Change for Durham ticket) is now up. Monks, of course, made a name for himself as a write-in candidate in the DA's race, when he confined his campaigning to areas where the Recall Nifong movement was strongest, thereby splitting the anti-Nifong vote and allowing the ex-DA to be elected with a plurality. Despite running at 2% in the only public poll, Monks refused to withdraw from the race, and incredibly asserted that he (whose 2% had him 26% behind the Recall Nifong line in that N&O poll) was the only candidate who could beat Nifong.

The website intro suggests that Monks is running on behalf of four issues:

1. Do you feel safe in your person or property?
2. Has the present leadership effectively managed our resources and provided quality city services?
3. Are your taxes too high?
4. Has Durham’s image improved under our present leadership?

Yet the "issues" section of the website only contains positions on the first three of these issues. No wonder "Spoiler Steve" didn't want to discuss Issue #4, given his own role in facilitating one of the most harmful events for Durham's image, Nifong's election.