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You should vote this year anyways but specifically if you live in Worcester. This City Council is a pretty bad one but it all starts with it's leader and that is Mayor Lukes. As I said in the Mayoral Smackdown thread, she is counting on your apathy because she knows she has 7,000 votes without lifting a finger and voter turn out is so pathetic she thinks she can actually win with that! Don't give her what she wants, get out there and vote. Make sure you are registered. Do it soon and vote on November 3rd!
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Bump (most likely every day until election day)
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Forgot to bump yesterday.... bump
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Oh, Jesus Christ(TM), Gabe. Unless the strong mayor option is on the table, this election will be dog shit.
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Oh, Jesus Christ(TM), Gabe. Unless the strong mayor option is on the table, this election will be dog shit.
Wow, you sound like you really should vote.
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Anyone know anything about Beshai? He seems to be running on a 'Hey, I'm not Paul Clancy!' platform.
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Anyone know anything about Beshai? He seems to be running on a 'Hey, I'm not Paul Clancy!' platform.
He has a mustache!
His signs are blue and white!
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I'm voting for whoever solves my problem.
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HI!
https://www.worcesterchamber.org/chamber-hosts-debate-series
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http://frankbeshai.com/
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Gabe,
Are you going to be at all of them? Be sure and introduce yourself at the School Committee, please!
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http://frankbeshai.com/
Do you support this guy? I am not as anti Frank as I was a couple weeks ago now that NO ONE except Paul Clancy has answered my interviews.
Other than the fact that he isn't Clancy why should I support this guy?
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Gabe,
Are you going to be at all of them? Be sure and introduce yourself at the School Committee, please!
I should go just to check it out. I will introduce myself.
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I'm staying out of the District 3 election :) I just knew he had a website.
Are you in 3?
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Sprout
I know a shotgun and rocksalt packed shells might be tempting, even to one with a pacifists heart.....ooops...did I say that? I must be hanging around with my 19 yr old son to much.
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I'm staying out of the District 3 election :) I just knew he had a website.
Are you in 3?
D-2! Phil or GTFO!
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Ah, yes...well, no one's opposing Eddy over here in 5, either.
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And the deadline to register is Wednesday, October 14, so if you aren't registered, you need to do it this week!
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Bump again
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I'll give Grace Ross credit for having an interesting and engaged canvasser show up at the door last weekend.
I've been to some of Haller's D4 meetings at the Main South CDC but have not seen much for results besides a painted basketball court.
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Vote for Joe O'Brien on November 3!
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Vote for Joe O'Brien on November 3!
yep... O'Brien for mayor, Ross for D4, and at-large goes to anyone else who will support the single-rate property tax.
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I am not sure about Joe yet. He was an absolute bizarre freak show at the COC debate. Talking to himself, making all sorts of strange faces and body language when he wasn't talking. I'll have to see him speak publicly again. I like him a lot, but in my opinion the biggest job of the Mayor is to be the face of the city, and I don't want someone who may be perceived as totally nuts. Worcester doesn't need any more perception problems than it already has.
It's between him and Kate Toomey for me. I briefly flirted with voting Emmanuel Titsonabull (and I still will for at large) but it's either Joe or Kate for me.
So:
Toomey or O'Brien for Mayor.
Mickey Mouse for District 2 (if we can get like 7,000 people to vote "anyone but Phil" will that get him out?, are there 7,000 people living in D-2 that will actually vote? am I the only one paying attention in D-2?)
At large:
Kola Akindele (who is amazing)
Bill McCarthy
Emmanuel Titsonagirrafferidingabikedownchandler
either Toomey or O'Brien for at large and
a dead heat between Rushton and Buchalter for the last seat
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The only crazy thing about Joe is his willingness to put himself through a campaign for mayor.
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As a thought experiment, this morning Buck Paxton and I made the case for an all-challenger slate:
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And for School Committee? Don't neglect that part of the ballot!
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You know you can vote for six at large, right?
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You know you can vote for six at large, right?
Six at large AND Mayor?
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IIRC, the mayor is the chair of the council--the mayor is also a councilor.
So you mark your ballot for up to 6 councilors.
Then you can also vote for one of the 4 mayoral candidates.
My memory on this is foggy, but I think every council candidate is by default a mayoral candidate, and that people explicitly withdraw from that race, not enter it.
Hopefully someone who really knows this stuff can fill in details...
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There are 6 At-Large City Councilors (including the Mayor who must also be elected as an At-Large councilor) and 5 District Councilors. You get to vote for the 6 At-Large spots no matter where you live. So when I vote for Joe O'Brien for Mayor, I'll also have to vote for him as an At-Large Councilor. Theoretically, one could win the mayor's race and not be able to serve if they didn't also secure a seat on the council. If one wanted to vote to keep Konnie on the council (and I have no idea why one would) but not for mayor, that's possible.
Under our strange system At-Large candidates are considered candidates for mayor until such time as they write a letter to the City Clerk's office withdrawing their names from consideration, which was due in September. There will be 4 names in the Mayor box: O'Brien, Lukes, Toomey and Tsitsilianos
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http://www.telegram.com/article/20091006/NEWS/910069978/-1/ELECTION
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THIS
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I'm writing in Brenden Mellican.
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I'm writing in Brenden Mellican.
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for which?
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Nicely explained. The key part is that you must vote for your mayoral candidate of choice for BOTH mayor AND at-large, because, yes, they could lose the mayor's seat if they don't also earn a seat on the Council. (they meaning "he" or "she" here)
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3 days!
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Yesterday and today.....taped calls from Joff Smith wanting his vote.............why am I getting these calls when I am on the do not call list???
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The Do Not Call list has exceptions for non-profits and political candidates (as well as any company you may have done business with which is why Charter can call you every damn week)
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Was talking to a friend this morning who is on the DNC when a robocall came in on his cell: Joe "The Quiet Man" Petty.
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This shit is today people!
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Yes, write in Brenden Melican.
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GET OUT AND VOTE!
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I DID!
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I voted all challengers At Large.
Grace Ross for D4
O'brien for mayor
And only picked Novick for School Committee.
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Joe O'Brien it is.
Joe, we're putting a lot of faith in you. Please don't disappoint.
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Fucking Barbara Haller again?? What the fuck is wrong with you people??
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Woo! We made changes! Go go hair-letting-down-Gen-Xers! Shall we send a mass condolence card to Crabby Lukes? :D Now O'Brien and our new guys just need to deliver. Clancy's still around, but he might change a bit if everyone else does... at least he responds to my emails and phone calls.
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Woo! We made changes! Go go hair-letting-down-Gen-Xers! Shall we send a mass condolence card to Crabby Lukes? :D Now O'Brien and our new guys just need to deliver. Clancy's still around, but he might change a bit if everyone else does... at least he responds to my emails and phone calls.
What new guys? O'Brien is the new guy.
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yeah. I was very happy to see that O'Brien blew Lukes out of the water, but I'm pretty disappointed with who he has to work with on the council. None of my non-mayoral at-large candidates cracked 8% of the vote, and Haller beat out Ross in D4. Hopefully we'll still see some positive things happen to downtown and Main South, but I'm a little worried that it'll be business as usual for the next two years.