Gary Leigh wrote:
> When Julie voted for Colin, she wasn't voting out Lynda, she was voting for
> a shorter working week and a snappier paper that Colin had promised. Kenny,
> on the other hand didn't want to be editor, and discouraged the voters by
> promising longer hours, more pages, etc. Considering how most of the
> Gazette staff seemed to work on week end and night as it was, it wasn't
> something I'd vote for.
> Lynda, herself, at the point in time had left for good, so the issue was
> really whether Julie voted for Kenny or Colin. When Lynda did return, she
> was instantly made editor again.
>
Yes, but Julie disappears from the paper immediately after Lynda returns, so you
can't tell me Julie's vote for Colin came out of the blue! A large number of
people did vote for Kenny in the election, and the context seems to indicate it
was Julie's vote which decided the issue, although this isn't explicitly stated.
(Kerr hints at this when he tells Spike to be there for the vote because we don't
want Colin to get in, do we? Perhaps Kerr had a feeling things were too close to
call.) As to your remarks about the vote being between Kenny and Colin, and not
Lynda, I think it is a little too easy to simply say "Lynda is gone, therefore
this is about Kenny now." Kenny never was one to stand up for the rights of the
Gazette staff where Lynda was concerned. Anybody remember if he's in the group in
YESTERDAY'S NEWS that's trying to coax Spike into interceding with Lynda for the
street reporters? I seem to recall he was, though I'd have to check the tape to
find out for sure. Kenny could well be viewed as the candidate of the old order,
no matter how nice or how willing to enact changes he might have been. Obviously,
not everyone thought that way, but not everyone voted for him, either. Draw your
own conclusions.
BTW: Natacha, you're right that Julie was only a minor character at that point,
but by watching her, you can pick out clues who her friends are. BOTH SIDES OF
THE PAPER and [I think] MONEY, LOVE, AND BIRDSEED have some clues that the two may
have a friendship lurking in the background at that point.
Kevin, who wonders if Oliver may know something about my insomnia that I don't?
I have this sudden craving for lamb chops......
> Gary.
>
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