Arlington County Board - 3 days out and still undecided

[Anonymous]

I live in Matt's neighborhood and most people I talk to are voting for Audrey. I read the answers given at a candidate forum and was very impressed with Audrey's answers. I used to think of her as a joke because she ran every year, and then she lied about her age, but she does know her stuff. And I agree with her on MMH. Vihstadt has endorsed her and campaigned for her.

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Anonymous wrote:About me: Really don't have strong feelings about MMH. Super-large SFHs have already negatively impacted flooding, lack of diversity, on-street parking (because people who can afford these homes often have more cars than they do drivers), so I see the damage as being done, regardless of whether these large houses have one family or 4.

If Vihstadt or someone similar were on the ballot, I would vote for that person because I think we need alternative voices on the board. I'm not sure Clement's voice is anything other than a naysayer. And Theo is a non-starter for other reasons.

My understanding is that de Ferranti has made statements indicating he supports compromise, at least on MMH. But who is behind all those homemade signs accusing him of dishonesty?

I guess I'm currently leaning toward MDF, but I do want to send the message that the CB does not have carte blanche and needs to listen to constituents.

Uhhhh, lower income Hispanics live with 3 or 4 genrations and they all have cars. Drive around South Arlington and look at the 1300sqf houses with 6 cars out front.

I would definitely prefer that to the 9 or 10 cars that my SFH neighbors park in front of their house and my house. (I'm spatially illiterate, so I can't even guess how big their house is in square feet, but it's bigger than all the capes and colonials in the neighborhood.)

I don't believe you but if there are actually 10 individuals living in a 3/1 rambler in S Arlington you can call the county code inspector about fire code violations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Matt's neighborhood and most people I talk to are voting for Audrey. I read the answers given at a candidate forum and was very impressed with Audrey's answers. I used to think of her as a joke because she ran every year, and then she lied about her age, but she does know her stuff. And I agree with her on MMH. Vihstadt has endorsed her and campaigned for her.

I mean, that neighborhood and ones nearby have some the highest concentrations of Republicans in the county, so it’s not exactly surprising that there’s an outsized number of Clement supporters there.

[Anonymous]

Welp, Clement got crushed yet again.

[Anonymous]

It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

Hah, no. Clement’s pet issue was blasted far and wide across the county. The result… the Dem candidate won by an even higher margin than last year.

The problem isn’t Clement’s “digital marketing.” It’s that a supermajority of Arlington voters don’t like what she’s selling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

Hah, no. Clement’s pet issue was blasted far and wide across the county. The result… the Dem candidate won by an even higher margin than last year.

The problem isn’t Clement’s “digital marketing.” It’s that a supermajority of Arlington voters don’t like what she’s selling.

you're one of those people that are fine with the local Dems endorsing in a "non-partisan" race, aren't you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

Hah, no. Clement’s pet issue was blasted far and wide across the county. The result… the Dem candidate won by an even higher margin than last year.

The problem isn’t Clement’s “digital marketing.” It’s that a supermajority of Arlington voters don’t like what she’s selling.

you're one of those people that are fine with the local Dems endorsing in a "non-partisan" race, aren't you?

Uh, no? I wish the endorsement caucus didn’t act as a gatekeeper for school board. What does that have to do with /county/ board, which is a partisan race?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

Hah, no. Clement’s pet issue was blasted far and wide across the county. The result… the Dem candidate won by an even higher margin than last year.

The problem isn’t Clement’s “digital marketing.” It’s that a supermajority of Arlington voters don’t like what she’s selling.

you're one of those people that are fine with the local Dems endorsing in a "non-partisan" race, aren't you?

Uh, no? I wish the endorsement caucus didn’t act as a gatekeeper for school board. What does that have to do with /county/ board, which is a partisan race?

i'll explain it to you really slowly...MDF won because of the D next to his name...if Clement had the D, she would win. Same for Theo. So when the D candidate wins, that really says nothing about what the electorate "wants", just that they want their "team" to win. You're clearly the same. It's the worst in politics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:About me: Really don't have strong feelings about MMH. Super-large SFHs have already negatively impacted flooding, lack of diversity, on-street parking (because people who can afford these homes often have more cars than they do drivers), so I see the damage as being done, regardless of whether these large houses have one family or 4.

If Vihstadt or someone similar were on the ballot, I would vote for that person because I think we need alternative voices on the board. I'm not sure Clement's voice is anything other than a naysayer. And Theo is a non-starter for other reasons.

My understanding is that de Ferranti has made statements indicating he supports compromise, at least on MMH. But who is behind all those homemade signs accusing him of dishonesty?

I guess I'm currently leaning toward MDF, but I do want to send the message that the CB does not have carte blanche and needs to listen to constituents.

Uhhhh, lower income Hispanics live with 3 or 4 genrations and they all have cars. Drive around South Arlington and look at the 1300sqf houses with 6 cars out front.

I would definitely prefer that to the 9 or 10 cars that my SFH neighbors park in front of their house and my house. (I'm spatially illiterate, so I can't even guess how big their house is in square feet, but it's bigger than all the capes and colonials in the neighborhood.)

I don't believe you but if there are actually 10 individuals living in a 3/1 rambler in S Arlington you can call the county code inspector about fire code violations.

Please read my post before commenting. I said that my neighbors with 9-10 cars live in a BIG house and that I would prefer 6 cars in front of a 1300 square foot house.

[Anonymous]

OP here. My takeaway from the results is that most Arlingtonians aren't all that upset about MMH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My takeaway from the results is that most Arlingtonians aren't all that upset about MMH.

The real takeaway is that most Arlingtonians take the Dem sample ballot as they walk into the polling place and vote as it instructs. Most couldn't speak articulately about any given issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My takeaway from the results is that most Arlingtonians aren't all that upset about MMH.

Yep. The people upset by MMH are just loud. Also aren’t most voters in Arlington renters? Renters who might want to stay in Arlington and think MMH will provide more housing options when they choose to buy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. My takeaway from the results is that most Arlingtonians aren't all that upset about MMH.

Yes. This is accurate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It pains me that Clement's digital marketing game is so terrible. Her Facebook ads were being seen by Texans, for example. In an election where she actually has a differentiated message with logical support to back it up she could've reversed her image as some crazy lady. But no....sometimes I feel the first candidate to do the bare competent minimum of digital marketing would win in a landslide

Hah, no. Clement’s pet issue was blasted far and wide across the county. The result… the Dem candidate won by an even higher margin than last year.

The problem isn’t Clement’s “digital marketing.” It’s that a supermajority of Arlington voters don’t like what she’s selling.

you're one of those people that are fine with the local Dems endorsing in a "non-partisan" race, aren't you?

Uh, no? I wish the endorsement caucus didn’t act as a gatekeeper for school board. What does that have to do with /county/ board, which is a partisan race?

i'll explain it to you really slowly...MDF won because of the D next to his name...if Clement had the D, she would win. Same for Theo. So when the D candidate wins, that really says nothing about what the electorate "wants", just that they want their "team" to win. You're clearly the same. It's the worst in politics.

You do realize that the county board election is a partisan race, don't you? Yes, I'm fine with political parties nominating candidates in a partisan race (partisan races have nominations not endorsements; it's school board where parties can endorse but not nominate). Clement couldn't have a D next to her name because the party would never nominate her. Most of Arlington votes D because the party's candidates better reflect their priorities than the alternatives.