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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/Josh4Arlington/status/1660994012851974144/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1660994012851974144&currentTweetUser=Josh4Arlington[/twitter]

Paris is stuck trying to explain why the judge wouldn’t follow her recommendation for a heavier sentence and why she wouldn’t pander to the victim’s family. And when you’re explaining, you’re losing.

[url=https://twitter.com/Josh4Arlington/status/1660994012851974144/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1660994012851974144&currentTweetUser=Josh4Arlington]Checkmate[/url]  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:!!![/quote]

While I agree with you I don’t think he’s going to win. The past month I have been inundated with campaign literature from Parisa’s office saying that Josh is endorsed by republicans and calling him the republican candidate. Arlington voters are going to see this and vote for Parisa. Most people don’t know the details of what happened with the case in the clip you shared. They will see Katcher and assume republican and vote for him. Also Parisa’s campaign is clearly better funded. 
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I think Josh can shape the primary electorate and pull this out. His people show up. They don’t have to worry about getting time off to go vote or worrying about passing a cruiser at the polling entrance. Josh has some of the best allies you could want in a turnout election like this, and between getting his people out and challenging Parisa’s potential voters I think he’ll pull this out.[/quote]

This seems like wishful thinking.

Parisa has strong support among traditional Arlington liberals - and among the bulk of the local politicians whose views count among Arlington residents.

Josh has totally tied his campaign now to Rose Kehoe's vengeance tour.  People have enormous sympathy for her loss but many also have juveniles of their own whom they might prefer not be treated as adults if and when they ever do something incredibly stupid and even harmful.

And there is nothing to like about him personally, either.  He is the most transparently ambitious and self-serving young politician on the local scene, and that's no small feat to pull off in Arlington.

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Vengeance tour? Her son was killed by a spoilt rich kid with major connections.This isn’t the first time he was driving drunk. He has done this time and time again and has now killed someone. Getting tried as an adult doesn’t necessarily mean that he will be sentenced to prison. It means that there will be consequences to his actions. For example it could have meant keeping him on probation longer, taking his license away etc. He is getting away with this scot free with no consequences to his actions. Next year he will be driving that car again, drunk, and putting our kids in danger. [/quote]

That doesn't ring true at all, especially the bit about "no consequences."

But I know you'll keep coming back to this, because the juvenile wasn't from Arlington, so you think it's a free space on your Bingo card to keep attacking him ad nauseum.  But Arlington kids screw up, too and, as much as Katcher has apparently decided it may play well to present this as a battle between good and evil, [b]Arlington parents also care about whether their own kids would be treated as adults or juveniles in the courts if they make a bad decision or terrible mistake.  [/b]

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You keep saying this but it isn’t true. We live in North Arlington. I have a teen and many friends with one or more teens. Literally none of us are worried that our kid may drink or get high and kill someone. And frankly, I wouldn’t be friends with anyone who was so cavalier about the possibility. So is this you just making stuff up? Or is this how YOU feel? Because just when you think you’ve seen the height of privilege someone like you comes around and blows my mind.[/quote]

Oh please, Felicia. You would be the first in line to complain if your own minor children were not treated as juveniles if they got into trouble (and North Arlington has plenty of juveniles who’ve engaged in serious misconduct, sometimes with terrible consequences). There’s a reason why the laws are the way they are, but you want to ignore them when and only when it suits your own personal agenda. [/quote]

Project much? YOU would be the first in line to complain, not me, because my child would never be in that situation. I have morals as do my children. They are taught not to drink and drive. In fact, they don’t drink at all. But I know you don’t believe that because you are probably a Washington Golf mom that buys her kids beer and thinks she’s the “cool” mom. You really are so pathetic.[/quote]

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