I guess it’s time for me to dig out my bard hat for a few comments about the council election. Manassas City elections are upon us and the usual actor are ….well, acting out. As usual, my city owls are flying out to the county with election info. Whhhoooooo is going to win? There seems to be little eye of newt in this one.
Apparently several someone’s are pissed off because all over town people are supporting Ken Elston(D) and Patricia Richie-Folks(D) along with Sheryl Bass(R). It appears that the City folks are really bi-partisan in their sentiments this year. Perhaps it is about ideas rather than party? Meanwhile, “the other Republican” and his buddies are calling people liars and barbs are being thrown on several different facebook pages.
Apparently the guy who isn’t even running, Mark Wolfe, is getting the blame for all the Republican discontent. When in doubt, blame Mark. I seem to remember clearly that “the other Republican” supported an independent last time, rather than Wolfe. If you have forgotten, check it out here on The Conscience of a King link. So I have to ask…why is it OK for Mr. Aveni to support someone off the R ticket and it’s not OK for Mr. Wolfe to do it? Are there two sets of rules?
I have even heard some Republicans have advocated bullet-voting for “the other Republican.” Does that sound like someone is running scared? Bullet voting would be only voting the one candidate, rather than for a slate of 3 candidates.
Marc, what goes around, comes around. Maybe you just brought yourself some bad Karma last election cycle. I expect Mark Wolfe is supporting you like you supported him. I distinctly remember an all-out effort to railroad Mark Wolfe off the council. It just didn’t work. If memory serves me, Mark Wolfe captured the most votes of all three candidates. That fact alone speaks volumes.
Meanwhile, I think I will weigh in on the Bass/Elston/Richie-Folks card. That seems to be the winning moderate ticket. I have pretty much had it with extremists. Extremists don’t make very good neighbors.
