Austin City Council Candidates
I don't live in the City of Austin but I have received some emails from folks who do, and I promised others that there would be information about the Austin City Council races on the Travis Monitor.
The emails I received were from folks who were making and seeking recommendations of candidates for City Council Places 1, 3 and 4. I have posted their comments below and edited them to remove names of non-candidates.
Email A (re: Place 3)
Place 3 is Jennifer Kim's seat...[You would do well to consider candidate] Ken Weiss ( http://www.weissforplace3.com/main.html ). He's ex-military, led disaster relief missions, and is a small business owner.
Email B (re: Place 4)
I'm voting for Cid Galindo ( http://www.cidgalindo.com/ ) mostly because Laura Morrison hates Republicans and actually said so in a recent email. She made us sound as if we were the devil or something.
Email B (re: Place 3)
I'm also voting against Jennifer Kim who believes that 90% of the women in the military were raped. I guess by the men in the military?
Email B (re: Place 1)
Anyway, I also voted for Jason Meeker ( http://jasonforaustin.com/ ), as Lee Leffingwell ( http://www.voteleffingwell.com/ ) is much more dangerous than Meeker, and Meeker is against any mandatory effort to make your home zero-carbon footprint.
It's a tough year for choosing candidates for City Council.
Email C (re: Place 4)
My very good friend ______ is opposed to Cid Galindo because he’s fanatically committed to centralized planning and such boondoggles as the ridiculous rail projects.
We are supporting Nigerian Sam Osemene ( http://www.vote4alonghorn.com/about.htm ), [a] very decent parole officer who’s campaigning as a small government fiscal conservative.
The emails I received were from folks who were making and seeking recommendations of candidates for City Council Places 1, 3 and 4. I have posted their comments below and edited them to remove names of non-candidates.
Email A (re: Place 3)
Place 3 is Jennifer Kim's seat...[You would do well to consider candidate] Ken Weiss ( http://www.weissforplace3.com/main.html ). He's ex-military, led disaster relief missions, and is a small business owner.
Email B (re: Place 4)
I'm voting for Cid Galindo ( http://www.cidgalindo.com/ ) mostly because Laura Morrison hates Republicans and actually said so in a recent email. She made us sound as if we were the devil or something.
Email B (re: Place 3)
I'm also voting against Jennifer Kim who believes that 90% of the women in the military were raped. I guess by the men in the military?
Email B (re: Place 1)
Anyway, I also voted for Jason Meeker ( http://jasonforaustin.com/ ), as Lee Leffingwell ( http://www.voteleffingwell.com/ ) is much more dangerous than Meeker, and Meeker is against any mandatory effort to make your home zero-carbon footprint.
It's a tough year for choosing candidates for City Council.
Email C (re: Place 4)
My very good friend ______ is opposed to Cid Galindo because he’s fanatically committed to centralized planning and such boondoggles as the ridiculous rail projects.
We are supporting Nigerian Sam Osemene ( http://www.vote4alonghorn.com/about.htm ), [a] very decent parole officer who’s campaigning as a small government fiscal conservative.
The Blogger's Closing Comments
Not sure why the author of Email C had to put the qualifier 'Nigerian' before the name 'Sam Osemene'. I thought we are supposed to elect Americans to public office.
Place 3 is the only one I have a personal interest in. I want to see Jennifer Kim defeated. She is a very attractive left of center politician whom I have personally seen court the vote of the Taiwanese in the local Asian community, exploiting divisions within it, and making the rifts wider than they otherwise would have been. Her political career needs to end with this term on the Austin City Council.
It’s a hard thing to do, unseat a socialist, tree hugging, anti-growth Austin Council member (not to mention a babe) but it is a noble cause.
The lesbian Randi Shade ( http://www.randishade.com/ ) running against her would probably not be a good choice either.
That means Ken Weiss is definitely the man for Place 3.
Links
Not sure why the author of Email C had to put the qualifier 'Nigerian' before the name 'Sam Osemene'. I thought we are supposed to elect Americans to public office.
Place 3 is the only one I have a personal interest in. I want to see Jennifer Kim defeated. She is a very attractive left of center politician whom I have personally seen court the vote of the Taiwanese in the local Asian community, exploiting divisions within it, and making the rifts wider than they otherwise would have been. Her political career needs to end with this term on the Austin City Council.
It’s a hard thing to do, unseat a socialist, tree hugging, anti-growth Austin Council member (not to mention a babe) but it is a noble cause.
The lesbian Randi Shade ( http://www.randishade.com/ ) running against her would probably not be a good choice either.
That means Ken Weiss is definitely the man for Place 3.
Links
Austin City Council Elections (previous Travis Monitor post)
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A613684
http://austin.about.com/od/politics/tp/Austin_City_Council_Race.htm
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/04/28/0428place4.html
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2 comments:
you realize if you actually want jennifer kim defeated you'd have to support randi shade. ken weiss doesn't have a chance (think ralph nader 2000).
Yeah, point taken, but in 2000 there was actually a choice between the two major candidates. Kim v Shade is just a different brand of crazy.
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