Independent and I always vote for candidates and issues supported by both parties.

This time it's all republican endorsed for school board but the other races will be probably be a mix as always.

I have to finish research for those soon obviously.

Anonymous wrote:Former Dem voting Dranesville person here. I'm voting Republican.

Same here - no question.

I must say I like Tholen's sign. Nice design to have a globe as the letter O.

I think it would really pop if the continents were green, especially since "green" is her specialty.

Anonymous wrote:Former Dem voting Dranesville person here. I'm voting Republican.

Three votes for Tholen in our family.

Former Dem voting Dranesville person here. I'm voting Republican.

Anonymous wrote:So I'm like a lot of people on here apparently. Moderate basically. I just want someone not too One Fairfax, nor someone GF-obsessed, nor someone Trumpy. So that knocks out all three of these guys. We do need to address over (and under) capacity ASAP, esp. at MHS. But who to vote for? The only thing I can think of is offsetting whoever I vote for in Dranesville with my at-large votes. So vote Karloutsos but then vote for some of the dem at-large. Or the other way (Tholen and some of the GOP at-large). So my point is, I can't talk about Dranesville vote without also talking about at-large. So my question is: what are people's thoughts here on at-large for a moderate like me? Thanks

I just posted on another thread. Dranesville vote comes down to whoever has the personal courage and integrity to:
- tell general Hutchison area people about the new HS
- personal courage to defy the powerful blocs on FCSB and offer amendments for the benefit of the Dranesville District students and taxpayers
- that includes junk on the bond referendum
- inequitable program money
- bond with junk capacity enhancements for trailers that could be solved by boundary changes to permanent existing capacity
- sneak move to hire boundary consultant after this bond on the part of the FCPS school board chair

So I'm like a lot of people on here apparently. Moderate basically. I just want someone not too One Fairfax, nor someone GF-obsessed, nor someone Trumpy. So that knocks out all three of these guys. We do need to address over (and under) capacity ASAP, esp. at MHS. But who to vote for? The only thing I can think of is offsetting whoever I vote for in Dranesville with my at-large votes. So vote Karloutsos but then vote for some of the dem at-large. Or the other way (Tholen and some of the GOP at-large). So my point is, I can't talk about Dranesville vote without also talking about at-large. So my question is: what are people's thoughts here on at-large for a moderate like me? Thanks

Anonymous wrote:Is it November 5th yet? So tired of this.

I'll be having a drink to celebrate when this is all over.

Let's meet here for coffee November 6th and celebrate the END of this, whatever the results.

Is it November 5th yet? So tired of this.

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Anonymous wrote:Listen, we can do worse than Tholen.

Mobasheri is clearly dishonest and out for self first, Great Falls second (maybe. It's obvious that he would cut a deal that GF wouldn't like as long as his section would be okay) and the rest of Dranesville not at all.

People can go to the sites and watch debates and choose. I hope in the next week voters take the time to consider candidates. I choose Karloutsos.

Not sure how you come to these conclusions, but I choose Mobasheri. I am tired of politics as usual.

I've heard the 3 of them. Tholen got the FCDC endorsement so it's a lock and what's she done with it other than spout the party line as dictated by Corbett Sanders. This bond referendum is disgusting. Keys Gamarra has been totally useless and all these schemes have even the lowest income people in Dranesville District paying via their rent or owned property taxes for porky pig projects in other districts. Not even transparent enough to inform all of Hutchison in an honest and forthright fashion.

One Fairfax? How the heck is it equitable to take away community use land from an area walkable to by many poor immigrants from Central America?

I'll vote for whoever had the courage to tell Hutchison area. And tells Corbett Sanders to shove it. Guess what? BOS had a discussion a few years ago on special tax district for Old Mount Vernon HS as a community center like Reston and Mclean. That went nowhere. So Reston has to pay but not them?

This is such BS and under One Fairfax.

He's going hard for One Fairfax and some people like that.

I can't imagine they know his disparaging comments about McLean and Herndon or some of his pie in the sky ideas.

Many voters haven't done much research so they have a very incomplete picture. They hear he supports One Fairfax, they may want him over Tholen who took it off her website. All candidates have said they want to keep GF in Langley, but maybe if someone thinks he can get some high school built elsewhere, maybe they vote him over Karloutsos.

Seems unreasonable but hell elections are strange.

I think he'll skim a few votes from both, but I haven't decided yet on who would lose more. That won't be possible to know without some kind of polling asking people to rank their choices.

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Anonymous wrote:If he causes Elaine to lose people will be pissed.

Here we go, the blame game is already starting. Lets blame everyone because our candidate was weak.

Meh. It was a phony effort to suggest Mobasheri is competing with Tholen for votes. He won’t get a lot of votes and they’ll primarily come at Karloutsos’s expense.

Anonymous wrote:If he causes Elaine to lose people will be pissed.

Here we go, the blame game is already starting. Lets blame everyone because our candidate was weak.

If he causes Elaine to lose people will be pissed.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of Tholen and Karloutsos signs.

A few Ardavan signs.

Perhaps most of his support is secret.

You're basing your conclusions off of about 100-yard signs that are given out for free?

People I know.

The fact that he used to get support online and is now widely ignored.

And if he can't even GIVE away signs, that's even worse.