Gaspar materialized from nowhere at city council oral communications just before the campaign. She spoke about wayside horns to solve railway noise as though Councilwoman Barth hadn’t initiated this topic or researched it with the city staff. It was a little scary to watch someone publicly rip off an idea wholesale without blinking.
Besides the scheduled public forums, Gaspar's campaigning was the stuff of illusion. Well, it appeared this way. When in fact her campaign may have only been in private homes, private setting, private events and OMG those mendacious mailers. Nowhere is it written that one has to actually meet, greet or even care about individuals who vote, but are unknown to the candidate. This is conventional politics millions would like to see raised from the dead. But the frightening truth lies in high stakes campaign magic via the specter of big money interests.
Caspar the friendly ghost as a metaphor for that smiling being without substance, depth or solid platform during the 2010 election might just be an apparition . . . though this phrase may continue to haunt. Council majority phantom representation and campaign money have both only grown more diabolical. That is all.
