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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, Jay Fisette realized he'd get destroyed if he ran for re-election  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Now, OP, you are not going to be replacing Jay Fisette. No Sweetie, it won't be you. Fisette's replacement is going to be the third vote to fix Arlington, joining John Vihstadt and Libby Garvey. We've already taken down affordable housing with the new budgeting process. Now we'll finish the other SJW initiatives as financial pressures get brought to bear on them.[/quote]

1.  OP asked about the school board, not the Arlington County Board.  
2.  There is no street car to run against any more.  Last two new members of ACB are Dorsey and Kristol.   So the Vihstadt block is not strengthening.
3.  ArlCo is still investing in affordable housing, with the support of Garvey and I think even Vihstadt (or did her recuse himself?)
4.  If you want to win based on financial pressures you need to do it NOW, because at some point WMATA will do better financially, the school enrollment surge will slow, and the ArlCo office market will recover (the Nestle win is already a good sign)
5. I doubt you can win running against social justice.  The wins were focused on talking loudly about the street car and the swimming pool, which were widely not seen as social justice issues.[/quote]

The Vihstadt bloc carried Garvey last Spring as we flooded the Democrat primary.

We're starving the beast on affordable housing. The new funding rules John promoted make everyone compete at one time, and that's it. In this case, the "competition" actually increases costs contrary to what you'd expect. So if there's a market opportunity to get units, there's no money left to take advantage of it. If your project isn't ready, too bad. The larger principle is to eat up the housing money on expensive, low-density units like what John pushed through in Westover. That served effectively as a pilot that swallowed money for what would have been high-density units  :D

Can't win running against SJW's?  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  You just have to be smart about it. You can't say IN ARLINGTON that you want to throw Jesus's parents Jose and Maria back across the fence. Or that you want them to go live in a barn. But you CAN just express platitudes, and use regulations, the police, and other mechanisms to get the same result.[/quote]

What's this "we" shit? What on EARTH are you prattling on about? SJW's? Dafuq?

Vihastadt is gone this year. He's not going to win reelection. Not in this environment. Ain't no way a Republican is winning election for governor, so no way John wins in November, either. People are over it.

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