Monday, June 04, 2007
Wilson for Supervisor
I hhave been deluged with ads for Republican supervisor for Chesterfield County, Virginia. This county badly needs new supervisors. The present ones think that Chesterfield can expand forever and we can continue to dig up and dig up land to put assembly-line mansions all over the place. The two candidates are Dorothy Jaeckle and Jack Wilson. Which one to vote for?
First of all, I normally vote Democratic, but I have voted for Republicans and independents in the past. I am allowed to vote in the Republican primary; I don't have to be a member of their party. So if I did vote, which one would I vote for? Jack Wilson, that's who. This even though he is one of the worst election sign polluters we have had in this county. This is because he is much more likely to be responsive to the voters. I emailed Dorothy once about the idea of taxing indexes instead of absolute house values to avoid the problem of a boom in housing causing huge tax increases. She never returned my email. Jack Wilson did, and told me that is not possible. Further, he stopped at my door and I discussed the problem some more. To me that indicates that Wilson is more likely to take individual concerns into account if he is elected than is Jaeckle. I therefore urge Republican primary voters next week (June 12) to vote for Wilson.
First of all, I normally vote Democratic, but I have voted for Republicans and independents in the past. I am allowed to vote in the Republican primary; I don't have to be a member of their party. So if I did vote, which one would I vote for? Jack Wilson, that's who. This even though he is one of the worst election sign polluters we have had in this county. This is because he is much more likely to be responsive to the voters. I emailed Dorothy once about the idea of taxing indexes instead of absolute house values to avoid the problem of a boom in housing causing huge tax increases. She never returned my email. Jack Wilson did, and told me that is not possible. Further, he stopped at my door and I discussed the problem some more. To me that indicates that Wilson is more likely to take individual concerns into account if he is elected than is Jaeckle. I therefore urge Republican primary voters next week (June 12) to vote for Wilson.
