Rolley opens campaign headquarters in Hampden
Mayoral candidate Otis Rolley will open his campaign headquarters on The Avenue in Hampden on Wednesday evening, according to an email from his campaign.
Rolley, the city's former planning director, ramped up his campaign in the past week, arriving at City Hall to criticize Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's budget, questioning a last-minute decision by the city law department on redistricting and hiring a campaign manager, veteran Pennsylvania political strategist Daniel Fee.
Fee, who served as communications director during former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell's successful 2002 and 2006 campaigns, said he was drawn to Rolley because he is a "progressive, big picture candidate."
"I love urban campaigns," Fee said in an interview. "We have to make it clear that there's a real choice for Baltimore."
The president of the Echo Group, a strategic communications firm, Fee also worked as communications chief for Philadelphia mayor John Street's 2003 successful re-election campaign and Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams' campaign.
“His experience, work ethic and track record speak for themselves, and I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish together," Rolley said in statement. "He knows how campaigns work and will make sure that we have the plan, the team and the resources to win.”
Comments
Why does Otis Rolley have to go out of state to find a campaign manager for a city election? Out of all of the experienced Baltimore City and Maryland Democratic campaign consultants, can't he find anyone willing to work for him? Surely there must be someone who has run a successful Democratic campaign in Prince George's County, or Baltimore, or statewide, who would be qualified. Or did all of them say no? Maybe it says something about what the folks who understand Maryland politics think about Mr. Rolley's chances.
Posted by: Skeptical in Baltimore city | April 5, 2011 4:07 PM
Skeptic in Baltimore City, you should change your tag line to Scared in BC. You sound like a plant for Ms Blake with a silly attempt at a campaign smear trying to pass for a valid concern.
Ms Blake has been sitting on around since she took over as if she is a well established mayor. The city police and fire fighters are sick of her and so is the rest of the city that she hasn't bought with her redistricting plan!
Posted by: Ready for Change in Baltimore City | April 6, 2011 2:57 PM
Go Otis we need a mayor in Baltimore who is not a puppet of MOM like SRB.
Posted by: john | April 6, 2011 6:41 PM
didn't otis steal from housing / or the city a couple of years ago while working from them. did someone do a back round check on him????????????
Posted by: Anonymous | April 7, 2011 8:43 PM