Weston Wamp, while campaigning to become mayor of Hamilton County before the primary, faced constant chatter (that’s a kind word) from his Republican competition and others that he wasn’t really a conservative, wasn’t conservative enough, perhaps wasn’t even really a Republican.
Sitting down with Times Free Press editors and reporters at one point in the seemingly endless days before the election, he shook his head at our questions about the “not enough” chorus.
His reply was something like: “I can assure you I’m the most conservative candidate on the ballot.”
On Monday, we got the first show.
Wamp announced that he’d decided, after talking with members of the commission, to veto a resolution the panel approved last week to add a 12th seat — for Wamp — to the County Commission dais at a cost of about $49,000.