Alexandria residents - let's discuss the mayoral race. Silberberg vs. Wilson... and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious whether the same Wilson basher is posting repeatedly?

New person here who will vote for Silberberg over Wilson, although I voted for him in the last election. I have talked to him several times and he clearly wants a national office and is using Alexandria to create a name for himself. He likes controversial things like the bike lanes, halal butcher, and school co-location because it gets him clicks. I sometimes think we have a troll as the mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious whether the same Wilson basher is posting repeatedly?

New person here who will vote for Silberberg over Wilson, although I voted for him in the last election. I have talked to him several times and he clearly wants a national office and is using Alexandria to create a name for himself. He likes controversial things like the bike lanes, halal butcher, and school co-location because it gets him clicks. I sometimes think we have a troll as the mayor.

He's waiting for Beyer to retire. Just wait.

[Anonymous]

What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

NP. I know that you’re being sarcastic/snarky, but the issue isn’t that there’s anything wrong with having aspirations for a higher office, it’s that the problem is not being competent at one’s current job and being so focused on running for future higher office that one doesn’t actually care about one’s current office.

Justin Wilson is so far out of touch with the majority of his current constituents and seems to be prioritizing potential future aspirations — in the form of gaining publicity/making a “name” for himself — over doing his current job well. He’s got to go!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

NP. I know that you’re being sarcastic/snarky, but the issue isn’t that there’s anything wrong with having aspirations for a higher office, it’s that the problem is not being competent at one’s current job and being so focused on running for future higher office that one doesn’t actually care about one’s current office.

Justin Wilson is so far out of touch with the majority of his current constituents and seems to be prioritizing potential future aspirations — in the form of gaining publicity/making a “name” for himself — over doing his current job well. He’s got to go!

+1000.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of his constituents think Wilson is doing a good job. If you spend all your time in echo chamber Facebook groups, I can understand feeling otherwise, but that's not a representative sample.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of his constituents think Wilson is doing a good job. If you spend all your time in echo chamber Facebook groups, I can understand feeling otherwise, but that's not a representative sample.

I literally laughed at that. Thank you! Wilson's core support is rich, white, east Alexandria liberal elites. If that's not an echo chamber, I don't know what is.

[Anonymous]

"Liberal elites", good grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

Whatever his higher aspirations are, it appears he's trying to build a certain uber progressive platform, regardless of whether his constituents advocate or support it, so that he can use that in a future platform. He's using Alexandria as a stepping stone for his own ambitions and he is not putting the needs, wants and desires of Alexandrians first, which should be his job.

He will run for the House because I don't think he can win on a state wide platform for Senate.

What really was the nail in the coffin for me was when Silberberg filed her paperwork to run, and Justin asked his uber supporters to post the following ridiculous, misogynystic message on social media, asking people to copy and paste it and circulate it while asking for donations. 1) No one owes Justin anything, Silberberg was under no obligation to give Justin a "heads up" she was running, and it's ridiculous to hold that woman that standard, GMAFB and 2) apparently Justin wasn't prepared to run a "real campaign" and it wasn't fair that he was now going to have to actually do something to earn votes and this wasn't just a formality or rubber stamping (this part just blew me away, are they serious). Message is below.

On March 26: "As some of you may be aware, our wonderful Mayor Justin Wilson was surprised today when another candidate filed to oppose him in the June 8 primary. That same "candidate" sent out a 1,037-word-long email on January 30 saying that they would not be running during this election cycle. They then posted the same essay (not sure how else to refer to it) on Facebook, where it remains. They did not do the courteous and customary thing and notify Justin that they would be opposing him.
Justin had no reason to believe that he would be running a campaign. Although we all know that he is incredibly capable, we ask you to show him that we are behind him and that he has the unwavering support of his constituents.

Although I hope you'd all donate to his campaign anyway, may I (and the others who helped me to come up with this idea) ask that you donate to Justin's campaign tonight... as in right now? We've come up with one option of $68.21 in reference to the primary date of June 8, 2021. Another option is $590 in honor of the $59 million the City will receive from the American Rescue Plan. Feel free to take that to $5,900! We will all be working to ensure that Justin wins on June 8, but let's be sure that today's poor-form events do not get him down by showing our support and donating tonight.

Please feel free to share this by text, email, Facebook message or post, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The goal is to show Justin that, while others may not respect his incredible leadership and may choose to behave in an unfortunate way, he can count on us.
Thank you in advance for your support of our remarkable mayor and friend, [NAME REMOVED]
I just gave to Justin Wilson!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Liberal elites", good grief.

What else do you call people with million dollar+ homes and HHIs above 400k? They are wealthier than 99% of the rest of the country, literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

Whatever his higher aspirations are, it appears he's trying to build a certain uber progressive platform, regardless of whether his constituents advocate or support it, so that he can use that in a future platform. He's using Alexandria as a stepping stone for his own ambitions and he is not putting the needs, wants and desires of Alexandrians first, which should be his job.

He will run for the House because I don't think he can win on a state wide platform for Senate.

What really was the nail in the coffin for me was when Silberberg filed her paperwork to run, and Justin asked his uber supporters to post the following ridiculous, misogynystic message on social media, asking people to copy and paste it and circulate it while asking for donations. 1) No one owes Justin anything, Silberberg was under no obligation to give Justin a "heads up" she was running, and it's ridiculous to hold that woman that standard, GMAFB and 2) apparently Justin wasn't prepared to run a "real campaign" and it wasn't fair that he was now going to have to actually do something to earn votes and this wasn't just a formality or rubber stamping (this part just blew me away, are they serious). Message is below.

On March 26: "As some of you may be aware, our wonderful Mayor Justin Wilson was surprised today when another candidate filed to oppose him in the June 8 primary. That same "candidate" sent out a 1,037-word-long email on January 30 saying that they would not be running during this election cycle. They then posted the same essay (not sure how else to refer to it) on Facebook, where it remains. They did not do the courteous and customary thing and notify Justin that they would be opposing him.
Justin had no reason to believe that he would be running a campaign. Although we all know that he is incredibly capable, we ask you to show him that we are behind him and that he has the unwavering support of his constituents.

Although I hope you'd all donate to his campaign anyway, may I (and the others who helped me to come up with this idea) ask that you donate to Justin's campaign tonight... as in right now? We've come up with one option of $68.21 in reference to the primary date of June 8, 2021. Another option is $590 in honor of the $59 million the City will receive from the American Rescue Plan. Feel free to take that to $5,900! We will all be working to ensure that Justin wins on June 8, but let's be sure that today's poor-form events do not get him down by showing our support and donating tonight.

Please feel free to share this by text, email, Facebook message or post, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The goal is to show Justin that, while others may not respect his incredible leadership and may choose to behave in an unfortunate way, he can count on us.
Thank you in advance for your support of our remarkable mayor and friend, [NAME REMOVED]
I just gave to Justin Wilson!"

That can't be real.

[Anonymous]

I only hope the anti-Wilson, salt of the earth paupers can scrounge up enough money for some bread for supper. Your heart truly goes out to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only hope the anti-Wilson, salt of the earth paupers can scrounge up enough money for some bread for supper. Your heart truly goes out to them.

That's a Wilson supporter for you right there. Mocking poverty, hunger and social status all in one sentence. Keep it up. Let the city see what you people are really like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

Whatever his higher aspirations are, it appears he's trying to build a certain uber progressive platform, regardless of whether his constituents advocate or support it, so that he can use that in a future platform. He's using Alexandria as a stepping stone for his own ambitions and he is not putting the needs, wants and desires of Alexandrians first, which should be his job.

He will run for the House because I don't think he can win on a state wide platform for Senate.

What really was the nail in the coffin for me was when Silberberg filed her paperwork to run, and Justin asked his uber supporters to post the following ridiculous, misogynystic message on social media, asking people to copy and paste it and circulate it while asking for donations. 1) No one owes Justin anything, Silberberg was under no obligation to give Justin a "heads up" she was running, and it's ridiculous to hold that woman that standard, GMAFB and 2) apparently Justin wasn't prepared to run a "real campaign" and it wasn't fair that he was now going to have to actually do something to earn votes and this wasn't just a formality or rubber stamping (this part just blew me away, are they serious). Message is below.

On March 26: "As some of you may be aware, our wonderful Mayor Justin Wilson was surprised today when another candidate filed to oppose him in the June 8 primary. That same "candidate" sent out a 1,037-word-long email on January 30 saying that they would not be running during this election cycle. They then posted the same essay (not sure how else to refer to it) on Facebook, where it remains. They did not do the courteous and customary thing and notify Justin that they would be opposing him.
Justin had no reason to believe that he would be running a campaign. Although we all know that he is incredibly capable, we ask you to show him that we are behind him and that he has the unwavering support of his constituents.

Although I hope you'd all donate to his campaign anyway, may I (and the others who helped me to come up with this idea) ask that you donate to Justin's campaign tonight... as in right now? We've come up with one option of $68.21 in reference to the primary date of June 8, 2021. Another option is $590 in honor of the $59 million the City will receive from the American Rescue Plan. Feel free to take that to $5,900! We will all be working to ensure that Justin wins on June 8, but let's be sure that today's poor-form events do not get him down by showing our support and donating tonight.

Please feel free to share this by text, email, Facebook message or post, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The goal is to show Justin that, while others may not respect his incredible leadership and may choose to behave in an unfortunate way, he can count on us.
Thank you in advance for your support of our remarkable mayor and friend, [NAME REMOVED]
I just gave to Justin Wilson!"

That can't be real.

Go to his Facebook page and scroll all the way down to March 26. Several duplicate posts from several people copy and pasted. It's very real.

https://www.facebook.com/jmwvcu

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of monster politician would have aspirations to eventually seek higher office? Will the evil never cease? Maybe he can build a BIKE LAND TO CONGRESS amirite?

Whatever his higher aspirations are, it appears he's trying to build a certain uber progressive platform, regardless of whether his constituents advocate or support it, so that he can use that in a future platform. He's using Alexandria as a stepping stone for his own ambitions and he is not putting the needs, wants and desires of Alexandrians first, which should be his job.

He will run for the House because I don't think he can win on a state wide platform for Senate.

What really was the nail in the coffin for me was when Silberberg filed her paperwork to run, and Justin asked his uber supporters to post the following ridiculous, misogynystic message on social media, asking people to copy and paste it and circulate it while asking for donations. 1) No one owes Justin anything, Silberberg was under no obligation to give Justin a "heads up" she was running, and it's ridiculous to hold that woman that standard, GMAFB and 2) apparently Justin wasn't prepared to run a "real campaign" and it wasn't fair that he was now going to have to actually do something to earn votes and this wasn't just a formality or rubber stamping (this part just blew me away, are they serious). Message is below.

On March 26: "As some of you may be aware, our wonderful Mayor Justin Wilson was surprised today when another candidate filed to oppose him in the June 8 primary. That same "candidate" sent out a 1,037-word-long email on January 30 saying that they would not be running during this election cycle. They then posted the same essay (not sure how else to refer to it) on Facebook, where it remains. They did not do the courteous and customary thing and notify Justin that they would be opposing him.
Justin had no reason to believe that he would be running a campaign. Although we all know that he is incredibly capable, we ask you to show him that we are behind him and that he has the unwavering support of his constituents.

Although I hope you'd all donate to his campaign anyway, may I (and the others who helped me to come up with this idea) ask that you donate to Justin's campaign tonight... as in right now? We've come up with one option of $68.21 in reference to the primary date of June 8, 2021. Another option is $590 in honor of the $59 million the City will receive from the American Rescue Plan. Feel free to take that to $5,900! We will all be working to ensure that Justin wins on June 8, but let's be sure that today's poor-form events do not get him down by showing our support and donating tonight.

Please feel free to share this by text, email, Facebook message or post, Twitter, Instagram, etc. The goal is to show Justin that, while others may not respect his incredible leadership and may choose to behave in an unfortunate way, he can count on us.
Thank you in advance for your support of our remarkable mayor and friend, [NAME REMOVED]
I just gave to Justin Wilson!"

That can't be real.

Go to his Facebook page and scroll all the way down to March 26. Several duplicate posts from several people copy and pasted. It's very real.

https://www.facebook.com/jmwvcu

Correction: March 24, NOT 26. It's a pain to keep scrolling, but the posts are there.