Jax mayoral race? Ask the guru

Well, well, look who I ran into on New Year’s Day.
Sitting by a big pot of boiling peanuts was none other than Jimmy Ray Bob, and it was abundantly clear that the guru of all things political had come out of retirement.
My first question was the same one many people are asking at the beginning of 2019: Will Lenny Curry face a serious challenger in the spring elections?
“Yes,” Jimmy Ray said without hesitating.
But what about the political commentators who are saying it’s too late to mount a campaign against Curry and his brimming-with-money political machine?
“That’s a myth,” Jimmy Ray said,”especially when a candidate has been doing the necessary ground work for months. I can tell you that’s been happening.
“Think about it,” Jimmy Ray continued. “A three-month campaign doesn’t take as much money as one that drags on for a year. There will be a challenger who has sufficient funding.
“Besides it would have been silly to launch a local campaign when state and federal races were sucking all of the oxygen out of the room. People needed a break from all the nastiness, which will be the hallmark of a Curry campaign once a challenger gets in.”
OK. Who is it going to be?
Jimmy Ray took a big swallow of his RC Cola and smiled.
“Don’t be surprised if you don’t find out until the last day of qualifying on Jan.11,” Jimmy Ray said.”But I can tell you this. I’ve never seen wife Sissy Lu so fired up about city elections. Hold on. It’s going to be a heckuva ride.”