Whichever candidate is elected Hamilton County mayor in next month’s general election will become the youngest and most inexperienced mayor since the county switched to a mayor/commission form of government in 1978.
Fortunately, as current Mayor Jim Coppinger told this page just before May’s primary election, the various department administrators run the day-to-day operations in most of the work areas, so government inexperience may not seem so glaring.
The election pits 35-year-old Republican Weston Wamp, entrepreneur and son of former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, against independent paralegal and Army veteran Matt Adams, 26, a Democrat.
We endorse Wamp because his leadership is likely to align more closely to this page’s advocacy history of smaller government, family values and fiscal responsibility.
He has a keen interest in the continuing improvement of public education in the county, in workforce readiness and how they work hand in hand with the county’s growth and future.