Election ’09: New Campaign Ads from Healy and Smith Drop
By Jon Whiten • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog, Politics
New TV ads from two mayoral candidates are hitting the airwaves — and YouTube — this week.
Jerramiah Healy’s ad (“Great”) focuses on his record — specifically the city’s anti-gang initiative, saying it helps “[stop] crime years before it might happen.” Harvey Smith’s ad (“The Numbers Don’t Lie”) also focuses on Healy’s record and highlights the increase in several crime categories from 2007-2008. These two ads point to the fact that most of the candidates are indeed treating this election as a referendum on the current administration.
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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