In the real world, Jboyyyyy, people have multiple talents and multiple jobs. Pride’s main job is not now and never has been a model. You are picking that up from the Signal that did a hack job on JP. As I understand it, Johnny Pride DID give the Signal his positions on what he wants done in the SCV. THEY DECIDED NOT TO PUBLISH THEM. That IS what people want to know. But, when you have biased and incompetent reporting going on, the electorate will remain in the dark. That happens in state & national elections all the time. That Signal article discussing JP was an embarrassment for free press and keeping people informed. If JP really did provide solid information to them, AND IT WAS IGNORED, the the Signal has clearly chosen how they want to influence the election. Not good at all.

When did that happen? In the last NCWD election the incumbents came first and second by a long ways.

The one thing that may change that edge is if people are tired of the same old thing and a challenger (any challenger) comes in 1st on the ballot (NCWD results being proof).

One doesn’t need genius credentials to realize that 25% of the voters that participate in the SCV are so ill-informed they hit that incumbent box on the ballot like a trained gerbil.

This means that an incumbent only needs to convince about one in three informed voters to punch the box for them, while a challenger has to get a 60 to 67% supermajority to achieve an extremely narrow win.

Its just arithmetic, and arithmetic can be punishing.

There will be liberal democracy in Iran before a challenger comes third in a city council election against three incumbents.

Now we might actually have liberal democracy in Iran before we know it, so if TimBen comes third I am here to tell you that Frank Ferry will not come fourth.

Oh and by the way, good analysis based on how “nervous” Frank Ferry is.

Why is Frank Ferry spending so much time bad mouthing TB if he is not nervous?