Former Carmel mayor Steve Dallas
Former Carmel mayor Steve Dallas lost in a landslide – 60 percent to 28 percent – to new Mayor Dave Potter last November, but instead of taking a cue from voters to take a bow and exit City Hall quietly, Dallas has already announced plans to run in 2020. (Potter countered with his own announcement that he’s running again, too.) Dallas also wants to lob a stink bomb into the city with an odiferous street vendor cart selling hot dogs. Carmelites hate anything that makes the village seem more like a tacky tourist boardwalk, and the aroma of hot dogs steeping in oily water wafting down Ocean Avenue will surely not be welcome. If Dallas follows through and runs, he’ll have to explain a bunch of controversial things – including the hot dog cart.