Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the Arl. County Dems are so far to the left that they become a caricature. Build more, spend more, change, change, change! (Oh, forget about schools, though, that's the SB's problem) It's unlikely that I'll ever vote R on the national ticket, but the D's around here don't have a lot of sense.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to compare the motives of JV vs MDF, just check out their Twitter feeds.

@voteforvihstadt shows JV doing what he does literally every weekend (even when he isn't running for re-election)… going door to door, talking to Arlingtonians. As an independent, he has no aspirations (or hope) for higher political office. He's running for County Board because after years of being a civic leader, he is genuinely concerned about some of the stupid decisions we are making.

Compare to @matt4arlington which is basically just a stream of pictures of Matt hobnobbing with other D politicians.

Re-electing JV is a no brainer. Unfortunately, that ACDC sample ballot is going to be hard to overcome when all the millennials turn out to vote for Kaine and blindly follow the sample ballot on local issues.

Someone needs to help JV make a sample Democratic ballot with him checked rather than MdeF.

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I've often wanted to get one of those blue wave signs put paste Vihstadt over DeFer.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to compare the motives of JV vs MDF, just check out their Twitter feeds.

@voteforvihstadt shows JV doing what he does literally every weekend (even when he isn't running for re-election)… going door to door, talking to Arlingtonians. As an independent, he has no aspirations (or hope) for higher political office. He's running for County Board because after years of being a civic leader, he is genuinely concerned about some of the stupid decisions we are making.

Compare to @matt4arlington which is basically just a stream of pictures of Matt hobnobbing with other D politicians.

Re-electing JV is a no brainer. Unfortunately, that ACDC sample ballot is going to be hard to overcome when all the millennials turn out to vote for Kaine and blindly follow the sample ballot on local issues.

Someone needs to help JV make a sample Democratic ballot with him checked rather than MdeF.

Anonymous wrote:If you want to compare the motives of JV vs MDF, just check out their Twitter feeds.

@voteforvihstadt shows JV doing what he does literally every weekend (even when he isn't running for re-election)… going door to door, talking to Arlingtonians. As an independent, he has no aspirations (or hope) for higher political office. He's running for County Board because after years of being a civic leader, he is genuinely concerned about some of the stupid decisions we are making.

Compare to @matt4arlington which is basically just a stream of pictures of Matt hobnobbing with other D politicians.

Re-electing JV is a no brainer. Unfortunately, that ACDC sample ballot is going to be hard to overcome when all the millennials turn out to vote for Kaine and blindly follow the sample ballot on local issues.

Anonymous wrote:I'm planning to write in someone because I know BK will win anyway and I don't want to vote for Clement.

Anonymous wrote:If you want to compare the motives of JV vs MDF, just check out their Twitter feeds.

@voteforvihstadt shows JV doing what he does literally every weekend (even when he isn't running for re-election)… going door to door, talking to Arlingtonians. As an independent, he has no aspirations (or hope) for higher political office. He's running for County Board because after years of being a civic leader, he is genuinely concerned about some of the stupid decisions we are making.

Compare to @matt4arlington which is basically just a stream of pictures of Matt hobnobbing with other D politicians.

Re-electing JV is a no brainer. Unfortunately, that ACDC sample ballot is going to be hard to overcome when all the millennials turn out to vote for Kaine and blindly follow the sample ballot on local issues.

Anonymous wrote:Write in Maura Mcmanon (sp)
She’s lovely and qualified

Anonymous wrote:Who are you all voting for school board? I don't love BK but I also think her challenger is ... um ...

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington County dems are not to the left on local issues. If they were, they'd actually care about economic segregation. They are essentially "left" when it comes to taking a position on national immigration policy or the name of the Redskins. But otherwise, they just pay lipservice to democratic principals while working with developers to segregate the county. They protect monied interests--particularly real estate and affordable housing "non profits."

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And this is why whether you consider yourself a liberal, a conservative, a democratic or a republican or anything else or none of the above, you should judge each candidate as a individual. Party labels are largely meaningless at the CB and SB level. The real question is, which special interest group, if any, has captured this politician and will they do that interests bidding or act independently for the good of the county. What ambitions does the candidate have? Is it just personal self esteem? Higher office? These are way more meaningful than some party label, and that's why JV wins.