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The campaign for the Ward 2 City Council seat has gone to baby rattles and pacifiers.

Plastic baby dolls with "Trust Fund Baby" signs plastered across their chests were placed under at least three "Rodney Glassman for City Council" signs across the city, hitting a campaign theme of his opponent, Republican Lori Oien, that the Democrat is a spoiled rich kid from Cali.

Oien said she had no idea that the dolls were set under the Glassman signs, although she said it was interesting that someone in the community felt the same way she does. "I had nothing to do with it," Oien said. "I don't have money in my budget to spend on baby dolls."

Glassman repeated the line he also uses when Oien attacks him — he's saddened she can't talk about the issues.

One of the dolls was found by Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías at East Speedway and North Campbell Avenue on his way to work.

Elías said he picked the doll up because it didn't have any campaign markings on it, adding, "It's just a cheesy dirty trick. I thought Rodney would want a souvenir."

Shunting aside pressing city issues such as Rio Nuevo or securing the city's water supply, Oien and Glassman took an opportunity to ask questions of each other at a debate Thursday, heading straight into banter about their sex lives.

Glassman began by asking Oien about her view on abortion (as if this is a pressing City Council issue), and Oien said she believed in a woman's right to choose but wouldn't want her or her children to have an abortion.

Then she said her first kid was an infertility child aided by fertility drugs, but added that her second one "just popped out" after she had her "pipes" fixed.

Whoa. That's way too much information.

Not to be outdone, Glassman followed up an Oien hypothetical about his girlfriend having an abortion, saying, "When I go about having sex with women" he makes sure the two on are the same page about such issues.

Classy, Rodney.

We're glad this race is staying focused on the things that really matter to Tucsonans.

Looks like Republican Mayor Bob Walkup had better things to do than make an appearance this election cycle at the Pima County Republican Club.

At a recent meeting, the announcement that Walkup wouldn't be dropping in, as most other GOP candidates and elected officials do, elicited groans from the audience — many of whom are considerably more conservative than the incumbent mayor.

Club President Linda Barber brushed off the snub, saying the meeting time is inconvenient for a lot of people, and Walkup would only be "preaching to the choir" — especially in a race in which he has no Democratic opposition. But in his eight years as mayor, Walkup has been to the group only once, Barber said.

When asked about the snub, Walkup stammered something about his wife, Beth, and a busy schedule.

Asked if he'd ever turned the club down, he said, "Not that I recall."

Oien's campaign got a boost this week from Republican Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll, when they teamed up for phone calls that portrayed them as two peas in a pod when it comes to fighting for smaller government.

"I've fought the tough battles with entrenched bureaucrats and big spenders for over a decade," Carroll said on many answering machines. "I believe Lori Oien is the kind of person who will do the same in the city of Tucson."

So Oien would be the Ray Carroll of the City Council, casting the one vote against the majority?

Apparently so.

"I believe that the opponents of big government need at least one vote there," Carroll said. "All votes being unanimous is not good government."

Oien and Sugar Ray: The one-two punch against the Democratic machine.