Here are the odds on the Fresno mayoral race
Bee Editorial Page boss Jim Boren and I have teamed up on a weekly political podcast airing Monday afternoons on fresnobee.com.
You can hear our first effort by clicking here. or by going to the home page of fresnobee.com and clicking on the multimedia header.
Our goal is to provide information and analysis on local and state topics while occasionally venturing into national issues and political races as well. If we do our jobs right, you'll find that "Boren and McEwen on Politics" is as good as NPR's "It's All Politics."
And, yes, we are getting rid of the cheesy packaged photos of us on fresnobee.com and replacing it with a fresh shot of us in front of Fresno's City Hall.
We focus on the Fresno mayoral race in this week's podcast. Here are my odds for each of the 11 candidates making it out of the June primary and into the November runoff to replace Alan Autry, who terms out in January:
Henry T. Perea -- 6-to-5
Ashley Swearengin -- 9-5
Jerry Duncan -- 11-5
Jeff Eben -- 5-1
Tom Boyajian -- 10-1
Mike Dages -- 25-1
Doug Vagim -- 500-1
Henry Monreal -- 1,000-1
Jim Boswell -- 10,000-1
Ignacio Garibay -- 1,000,000-1
Barbara Hunt -- 10,000,000-1
Comments:
Go Barbara Hunt!!! (I just like rooting for the statistical underdog.)
Posted by: Tom at April 1, 2008 1:13 PM
My favorite Barbara Hunt moment:
"Who is this General, and what is his plan?!"
[In referring to the 2025 Fresno General Plan at a Planning Commission hearing]
Well, at least she wouldn't be the first mayor to be a little rusty on their city planning knowledge.
Posted by: DB at April 1, 2008 7:29 PM
O.K. Just how do you download this podcast on itunes or any other pod-catcher? I would like to hear this show on the go. Any help will be helpful.
Posted by: Art Student at April 1, 2008 9:08 PM
Art Student:
You can right-click and the podcast link, pick "save as" and save it where ever you like on your computer. Then just load it only your iPod. The file is about 27mb.
Posted by: Mike Oz at April 1, 2008 9:52 PM
Thanks,
Mike.
My ears will now enjoy the sweet sounds of Big Mac and J.B. discuss the No's political future.
Posted by: Art Student at April 1, 2008 10:54 PM
or you bee nerds could learn how to send your podcast to itunes and us lazy reader/listeners could just subscribe and it would happen automatically.
come on, i'm a paid subscriber. i have rights! sponsors listen to me. wait, no i'm not, and no they don't.
keep up the good work beehive.
Posted by: ed at April 1, 2008 11:45 PM
Henry Perea has this won easily.
Posted by: mdub420 at April 2, 2008 2:32 PM
Please,
Will the political gods please save us!
Posted by: Art Student at April 2, 2008 7:12 PM
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