Anonymous
09/28/2023 12:19
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Agreed. I'll recommend your property and neighborhood it. Where are you located? All the data centers proponents are all for it until they threaten to build one in your area. They are super ugly, destroy valuable green space (I thought Dems cared about that??) and we have plenty of space in areas where they make sense. The proposal in PWC is too build a massive complex RIGHT NEXT to Manassas Battlefield. That makes no sense and destroys any sense of scenery in the area.
Again, strict zoning. And I personally would require developers to include park space and/or subsidize county parks.
There are ways to do it smartly. It's not an either/or situation.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 12:09
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Out here the idea of becoming the next Loudoun is part of what is putting people off on the data centers. For many of us who live out here, we came here knowing it was more rural than suburban and want to keep it that way. We could have moved to Ashburn if that’s what we wanted. Fauquier does not have any existing data centers at this point, so they are not paying for anything currently.
The buildings that you and "many of us" live in - when were those buildings built?
When my house was built has no bearing on the data center argument, but keep digging in, you are demonstrating why Rs have a stronghold here.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 12:04
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Out here the idea of becoming the next Loudoun is part of what is putting people off on the data centers. For many of us who live out here, we came here knowing it was more rural than suburban and want to keep it that way. We could have moved to Ashburn if that’s what we wanted. Fauquier does not have any existing data centers at this point, so they are not paying for anything currently.
The buildings that you and "many of us" live in - when were those buildings built?
Anonymous
09/28/2023 12:03
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
We have such awful choices this year.
Either vote for mentally ill Dem with no regard for their community or vote for meth-addled GOPer who screams about how everything is "woke".
I'm voting against every incumbent regardless of party. They all suck and have accomplished absolutely nothing.
Either vote for mentally ill Dem with no regard for their community or vote for meth-addled GOPer who screams about how everything is "woke".
I'm voting against every incumbent regardless of party. They all suck and have accomplished absolutely nothing.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:59
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Honestly just nuke Reston and put a bunch there. I'm sure Jeff McKay and the other rats on the Board would be salivating at that idea.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:57
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Great Falls and McLean would be perfect for a data center area. River Bend County Club is a waste of space, they should bulldoze it and build a freeway to access it from Route 7. Progress people!!
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:56
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
If the county wanted to build a data center right behind your house would you be for it? If not, you're such a hypocrite. County governments funded schools, roads, etc. for decades before data centers were even a thing. Now all of the sudden we "deserve" to have data centers in our backyard because of the resources we use from the county.
NO. I pay taxes and own my home. If the local pols really want a new data center area they should eminent domain north Arlington or Vienna for it and build a massive data center complex.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:55
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Out here the idea of becoming the next Loudoun is part of what is putting people off on the data centers. For many of us who live out here, we came here knowing it was more rural than suburban and want to keep it that way. We could have moved to Ashburn if that’s what we wanted. Fauquier does not have any existing data centers at this point, so they are not paying for anything currently.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:52
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Agreed. I'll recommend your property and neighborhood it. Where are you located? All the data centers proponents are all for it until they threaten to build one in your area. They are super ugly, destroy valuable green space (I thought Dems cared about that??) and we have plenty of space in areas where they make sense. The proposal in PWC is too build a massive complex RIGHT NEXT to Manassas Battlefield. That makes no sense and destroys any sense of scenery in the area.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:28
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
While I do think there should be strict zoning/environments restrictions, I don't think we should prevent more data centers from being built. They provide a huge source of revenue for Loudoun (and have been a catalyst for growth). Who do you think is paying for all of the new schools/infrastructure that you are using?
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:25
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
Not compared to Loudoun and Fairfax. ~40% college degree vs. ~60%
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:12
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
You can contend that Tisler is "dangerous", fine. But the Springfield District is the most R leaning district in Fairfax and the anger against the school board is mostly likely to manifest itself in a district where the population is ancestrally Republican and predominately suburban/exurban and white. I'm sure Anderson is a nice person with good intentions, but she chose to run with the D endorsement, and she has to answer for that.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 11:09
Subject: Re:NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Western PWC is moderate to conservative and has seen no significant shift to the left during the Trump era. As a Dem, I have no clue why Prince William D's are tying themselves to unpopular data centers. It's super unpopular and it has manifested itself in election results. Bob Weir (R) won with 60% of the vote in a special election railing against data centers and it was in a district that Biden won in 2020. D's will fare fine in Fairfax. Loudoun and Prince William are not looking good for them though.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 10:50
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.
We are in eastern Fauquier bordering western PWC, and data centers are a huge issue out here that leads many of us to vote R for our local officials. We are educated and UMC, and generally have considered ourselves to be moderate. Many of us that moved out here from close in were never left enough to begin with to pull this area appreciably to the left. It remains centrist and frankly that’s part of why we like it here.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 10:40
Subject: NoVA 2023 Elections: Who are you/your neighbors voting for?
Anonymous wrote:My predictions:
Fairfax County:
Dems maintain supermajority on the board, although they lose 1-3 seats on the school board.
Stella Pekarsky underperforms but still wins somewhat easily. She has SB baggage weighing her down. I think Saundra Davis and Debra Tisler will be the seats R's gain on the SB. MAYBE Dranesville surprises us by electing an R SB member or board member, highly doubt it though.
Braddock school board seat is the sleeper pick for R's, I really doubt it though. Sizemore was a somewhat more reasonable person on the school board but is still associated with that so I could see the R candidate overperforming.
Loudoun:
True tossup with a wide range of outcomes. R's do very well, flip the CA's office, SB, and BoS. D's do very well and hold on to everything. Legit unpredictable and no one is truly talking about it.
Prince William:
Western part of the county will be great for R's due to data center issue, eastern part will be good for D's.
You're spot on with this. Western PWC seems like suburban area in Nova that hasn't really drifted to the left that much. Wonder why that is considering it's educated and UMC.