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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ I think party line voting should be a big concern. I had just moved here in 2014 but it seems to me that many votes were driven by one major issue, the streetcar. This time around, I'm not sure what the big issue would be (schools, I guess? but many county residents don't seem to care about them), plus there is the anti-Trump, "blue wave" type of messaging that will encourage many to turn out just to vote Dem. [/quote]

The Aquatic Center. It's a little different from the street car in that they just broke ground on the project so there's no going back now, but Vihstadt was the lone "no" vote on that project (and was "no" until the bitter end). de Ferranti can side-step it by pointing out that the project is already underway, but this election could be made about Vihstadt being the only one trying to put a check on an unpopular project and how replacing his with another Dem would open the floodgates to wasteful spending.[/quote]

You know, I had that thought and was just trying to look back to the streetcar stuff to see how far along that was. In other words, whether the "we can't stiff our contractors or they'll never bid us again" argument was made and rejected then, or whether it was not to that point yet. As a new resident, it was all a bit of a haze to me then. 
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IIRC, the street car project was moving through the design phase, but didn't have a final, approved design and signed construction agreement at the time of the election. The aquatic center not only has all of that, but they physically broke ground on the project earlier this week. So this election can't be about stopping the aquatic center, but it can be about making a statement that we're not okay with that kind of spending going forward.[/quote]

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