Hits Keep On Coming For Van Taylor

The MainStream Media has taken note of the fact that CD-17 GOP Nominee Van Taylor has no real roots in the area he carpetbaggered into to run for Congress.

Mayor Russell Willsey of West, the city Taylor lives in, says he “wouldn’t know [Taylor] if [he] saw him,” and that he has not met the wealthy, Exxon-stock-owning millionaire.

Now, if you are going to run for congress, don’t you usually go out and make an effort to meet the mayors of the towns in your district?
From the Waco Tribune Herald:

Residents who see Taylor as a businessman who moved to West to start a family are more likely to support his bid than those who view him as a Dallas transplant who relocated to the 17th Congressional District solely to challenge Edwards.

Jim Kolacek, owner of the West Playdium swimming pool, falls into the first camp, saying Taylor could bring new attention to town and give “Old Chet a run for his money.”

Local veteran leader Jim Garrett represents the other side.

“There’s a little resentment that nobody talks about, that this guy came down for political purposes and he probably doesn’t give two hoots about the local inhabitants,” Garrett said. “While they admire him for what he’s done for his country, they understand . . . he doesn’t really have any roots in this area.”

And more:

Van who?

But the challenge facing Taylor is obvious at the Ole Czech Bakery, where 8 o’clock coffee drinkers recently spoke up in support of Edwards.

“I think Chet’s been doing an awfully good job and we ought to keep him,” said Alpons Urbanovsky, a World War II veteran.

Edwards’ dominated Wohlgemuth in the 2004 election in McLennan County. He took 64 percent of the vote and won every precinct. That helped him survive Republican-led redistricting with 51 percent of the vote across a 12-county district.

Moving to McLennan County gave Taylor an opportunity to claim the same turf. But Taylor said political calculations had nothing to do with the move.

A seventh-generation Texan, Taylor has stronger ties elsewhere to run for Congress. His last home in Dallas is still on the market, and he is a native Midland, but Taylor said no one asked him to run there.

Uh, who did ask you to run, Van? Was it Tom Craddick? After all, he and your daddy are both directors of Mexco Energy, in which you own stock.
Yet more entertainment:

Taylor says some in West question his involvement in the community because most of his time in West is family time.

“That’s a criticism you can say about anyone,” Taylor says, “Ask people again in 10 years.”

You mean when they’ll be saying, “isn’t that guy that ran for Congress againt Chet back in ‘06? Yeah, he sure got his ass beat, didn’t he!”

In ten years, people still ain’t gonna know who you are.

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