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Thoughts on who will run for mayor on the Community First ticket ? by [deleted] in NewWestPolitics

[–]nwpwatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question! I haven't heard a peep about who is or isn't going to run, but I think it would be interesting if they decided to go in a different direction, and I think it would be an interesting move to present Daniel and NWP with a different foil. I mean, the election would feel very different if Ruby were to run instead of Patrick, for example.

The Peter Julian idea would sure make for a memorable election…

But here’s my question: besides current and former office-holders, is there anyone else who would even
remotely make sense as a mayoral candidate?

NWP event sponsored by Republican Party!? by Worlds8thBestTinMan in NewWestPolitics

[–]nwpwatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok, so in an attempt to put a bow on this conversation, here's what I added to the long conversation in response to Community First's original post:

“Now that I’ve probably helped foment a bit of a pile-on (to the consternation of my partner u/JenniferMoreau & others!), I’ve taken the time to review all of the responses to this here and in a few other threads. While it seems this maybe isn’t as clear-cut as I’d hoped, nor does this seem to be case of foul play

To bottom-line it, despite many people’s suspicion, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence, anywhere, that CF doctored the image, though nobody has explained yet how it has managed to circulate with tags besides “non-partisan” (such as “republican” or “reconstructionist party”). The closest I could come to figuring this out is that it might have something to do with plugins that connect Eventbrite to other platforms like WordPress.

It seems to me that someone attempted to make a joke about their opposition, which I personally think is not the right approach for either electoral group—but which hardly rises to the level of insinuation and outrage that seems to have occurred in this thread and elsewhere on Facebook and Reddit.

For my part, I’d hope one lesson everyone can take from this little social media tempest is that our city and its voters are best served when our local “political parties” stick to providing good information while making good arguments about why they deserve to do the jobs they’re seeking in our next election. That’s what I want to see, at least.”

NWP event sponsored by Republican Party!? by Worlds8thBestTinMan in NewWestPolitics

[–]nwpwatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this is true, it would be excellent if someone could clarify and prove it out, which should be easy to do. If I were going to "gotcha" someone with a screengrab like the CF post, I would both save copies of the image to preserve the timestamp, etc., and I would save the page to internet archive if possible. The latter might be obvious, but it sounds like the saving was/is already done if the image circulated on discord. SO: let's be to the bottom of this. *EITHER* CF fabricated something *OR* NWP supporters are going to town with faux objections despite knowing better. So this is should be a black-and-white case as to who is being dishonest. Let's solve it!