Slimantics: As good as it gets?
Slim Smith
About halfway through the Columbus Exchange Club’s candidate forum Thursday, my thoughts turned to a line from one of my favorite movies, “As Good as It Gets.”
In the scene, a character is explaining to a neighbor a crisis he is facing and seeks his advice. But he soon grows frustrated by the response he is getting.
“I’m out here drowning and you’re on the bank describing the water,” he laments.
That was the impression I took away from Thursday’s forum. The five city council candidates who participated — Pierre Beard, Kori Bridges, Rusty Greene, Kallie Phillips and Marty Turner — along with Jacqueline DiCicco, who has no general election opponent and will be seated as the Ward 6 councilman on July 1 — all were able to “describe the water.”