With a month to go before the election, tensions are rising between the two candidates running for mayor of Rehoboth Beach, Del.
First-term commissioner Edward Chrzanowski, who’s gay, dropped out of the race in June and endorsed incumbent Mayor Paul Kuhns, making the election a choice between Kuhns and former longtime City Commissioner Stan Mills.
In a letter to constituents explaining his rationale for leaving the race and supporting Kuhns, Chrzanowski emphasized their shared goals for the future of the city.
Mills views Chrzanowski’s endorsement of Kuhns more cynically. “If you look at Ed’s rationale for endorsing the mayor, of course he endorses the mayor, because Ed believes that he is able to manipulate the mayor,” Mills told the