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SCOTT EVANS JUST COULDN'T

BRING HIMSELF TO

DO IT ... HE TOOK THE LOW ROAD ... WHEN THE HIGH ROAD WAS HIS FOR THE TAKING!

By HARRY HURLEY

Editor & Publisher

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The Associated Press and The Atlantic City Press got it wrong all day yesterday.

I broke hew news first in the market yesterday that Scott Evans had conceded and finally accepted his defeat at the hands of Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford.

the regrettable point is that Evans had two choices:

Take the high road, accept defeat and handle it with class and dignity.

Or, acknowledge defeat and take the low road and trash talk the voters decision and Mayor Langford.

Sadly, Evans decided to take the low road. But, don't hold to hard against Evans ... he can't help it ... It's his very nature. It's like the old story about the Scorpian and the Frog.

Evans can't help it ... It's his nature.

Also, it didn't even take 24 hours for another "Hurley in the Morning" election prediction to come true.

Evans will not be leaving offic. He intends to serve through the certification of the November General Election, when he will have to leave by law at that point.

Evans had no legitimacy from the start ... and, he has even less now (if that's even possible), after suffering a resounding thrashing this past Tuesday.

I wish Evans had risen above his core level and taken the high road and congratulated Mayor Langford, promised a smooth transition and simply moved on ... back to his career in the Atlantic City Fire Department.

He just couldn't bring himself to do it. I'm not surprised, I expected it ... But, hoped he could have risen higher and placed the City of Atlantic City and her taxpayers first.

But, they were never first, it was always about what's in it for Scot Evans. Well, he found out this past Tuesday, when the voters gave him his political walking papers.

Evans bears serious watching over the next several months ahead. We will be here to provide the public with a daily accounting of what's going on in this rogue, un-elected, Executive Branch government in Atlantic City.

Finally, City Council must step up, and take control of Atlantic City government until Mayor Langford is sworn back into office. There role is more vital then ever before.