When election time rolls around again, the PUP politicians will likely be going back to those same LIU families asking for support. And, in the city, with things being what they are, they just might get it.
But who will the PUP's mayoral candidate be? Will it be Allan Pollard or Eluide Miller? Truly, it depends on which city area representatives support them in a convention.
We asked Mahler who he's with:
Reporter
"Where does your support lie?"
Anthony Mahler - Minister of Tourism, Youth & Sports
"Well, I won't say my support publicly right now, but, I mean, I think it's a healthy democracy. We have two young aspirants who have energy and who are creative. And then we'll see where that goes. But, you know, I can't say that publicly right now. I have to get the full support of my executive to see where we will go."
Reporter
"You don't consider that it's Allan Pollard's time. There was something that happened in the last election when he was ready to run at that time, and he was asked to step aside. So it's never going to be his time?"
Anthony Mahler - Minister of Tourism, Youth & Sports
"Well, I think that's a loaded question. They told Barack Obama that it wasn't his time, and he said that it was his time, and it became his time. So if you really want something, you'll go for it. And they said that to me in the past. Well, it's not your time either, go somewhere else or go to this. And then you saw, right. If the next candidate or a few candidates who want to come, let's go to our convention and let's see where that ends up."
