Included this story in the morning round-up, but Lexingtonians need to pay closer attention to Tom Eblen’s assessment of mayoral candidates:

Perhaps Newberry’s biggest misstep was his facilitation of the now-stalled CentrePointe development. And the less popular CentrePointe became, the more he seemed to embrace it.

Meanwhile, Newberry has given lukewarm support to the Distillery District project, which many people think has far more potential for economic development than CentrePointe ever did.

While Newberry talks a lot about the 21st century economy and attracting the “creative class,” Gray seems to have better instincts about how to do it.

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Then there is Isaac, who was turned out of office by a wide margin three years ago.

Isaac got good marks for her leadership during the 2003 ice storm. Otherwise, she was largely a disaster as mayor. She loved the job, but lacked many of the skills to do it. She didn’t communicate well, she couldn’t work with people and she sometimes seemed reckless.

Isaac is a good campaigner and still has pockets of support. But most community leaders think her time has come and gone.

Teresa needs to hang things up. Her horrible stint as mayor and the corruption/destruction she left in her wake nearly strangled Lexington. She’s finished and needs to leave public life once and for all. Besides, she needs all the free time she can get so she’s able to wile away more hours on Facebook and to pretend she’s still mayor.