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[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]

And this result would have differed under Josh's tenure how? He went on record saying he probably would have tried the kid as a kid or at least he didn't think it would have been possible under VA's guidelines to get the judge to agree to try the driver as an adult. The mother's anger is understandable, but I think her issue is with the laws and the way they were applied by the judge and the probation office in this case, not just with Parisa. I think she would have been just as angry with Josh if he had been CA when her son was killed. Maybe a little less because he might have been a little more compassionate with her, but fundamentally still angry.[/quote]

Exactly. 
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Again, you can’t hold this against Josh. Back in November he thought he had to run as a more effective reformer, so he couldn’t come out as looking for blood against wealthy, well-connected people. It was only when he realized Ms. Kehoe was just as wealthy and connected in her own way (conservative Catholics) that he realized hitching his wagon to Ms. Kehoe was a net gain. So ignore his statements in November that he would have charged as a juvenile and sought the maximum just as Parisa did. Focus on what we know now, that it is much more helpful politically to pursue adult prosecution even though it would go nowhere. Assume that is what Josh would do now despite what he said back then. Circumstances have evolved.[/quote]

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