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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is anyone planning on not voting or voting for very few candidates? After the ZFH and arena debacles, I can’t believe there are still so many status quo candidates but here we are.[/quote]

There are so many "status quo" candidates because most voters in Alexandria don't consider the arena proposal and especially ZFH to be "debacles". If you're prone to catastrophizing these issues, you're in the minority in this city, I'm afraid.[/quote]

No, it’s pretty clear the ZFH and the arena were not widely supported. The issue is that not enough people vote in the primary and the primary is it in Alexandria.

Plus in this campaign cycle there is a lot of non-local money going towards certain candidates. These outside groups hired workers who cannot even pronounce candidates names.  When name recognition is a huge factor in these elections, it can make a huge difference.

PP - I only voting for 1 mayoral candidate and 3 council candidates. [/quote]

Any voter can vote in the open primary, so you have to assume if they don't vote, they don't see the performance of the current council as that big a "debacle". Among those who actually bother to cast a ballot, I expect the incumbents running for Council to be returned, and for Gaskins to win resoundingly.[/quote]

Yes, they can vote but many people do not realize that is THE vote in Alexandria. November doesn’t matter and everyone basically stops campaigning after 6/18.

Gaskins will definitely win thanks to Peterson and the outside canvassers/money/name recognition, as will many of the incumbents. But I do not agree that provides those individuals with a mandate, or even an indication that their stances on more controversial issues are well supported.  Rather, it’s a function of the primary process and influence of outside/developer money/ability to get your name out there. [/quote]

I'll go with the results of elections as a strong indicator of the policies voters would like to see enacted, above "all my friends are furious about that duplex, how dare they"[/quote]

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