Darrell Bradley
Mayor Darrell Bradley will be leaving municipal office in March 2015. We didn’t exactly hear it from the horse’s mouth, but we heard it from his political boss, Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Bradley has been a perpetual waffle when it comes to his future in politics. First he claimed he would throw his hat into the ring in Caribbean Shores…then he said he wouldn’t be averse to running in Freetown, and then he said he wanted to stay in municipal office to oversee his legacy, so to speak. But tonight, that option is off the table, just like that. Earlier today, Prime Minister Barrow confirmed that the mayor will not be able to try for a second term. He was asked point blank if Bradley’s ship has sailed.
Prime Minister Dean Barrow
“In my view absolutely, absolutely. The deadline has passed and there will be no reopening of the deadline…that’s out of the question. The only possibility I can see in which that Mayor could run again is if those that put in their names within the deadline for some reason decided to withdraw their names and then that would throw the thing wide open. My sense is that neither of the two candidates that put in their names is prepared to withdraw. If that continues to be the position, then that’s the end of it.”
Reporter
Dean Barrow
“Sir, do you believe it’s a loss at the municipal level?”
Dean Barrow
“That’s a funny question. I believe that Bradley did a magnificent job, but I believe that we can in fact select a new candidate for Mayor who can do an equally good job. It’s a pity that the Mayor did not put in his name. I still am not sure whether it is because he honestly did not want to stand for re-election or whether there is more to it than that. I will yield to no man in my admiration for his accomplishments, but as one television station said, you never know from one day to the next exactly what the position is. I leave it at that.”
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