"Kurt Wright wins narrow victory; Hinda Miller admits maybe IRV wasn't such a bad thing"**
"Miro Weinberger wins narrow victory; Republicans blame IRV"
"Wanda Hines wins miracle victory; God smiles on the People's Republic"***
** Hinda Miller lost the 2006 election for mayor; even though she trailed eventual winner Bob Kiss in votes after the first round and therefore was entirely likely to have lost a traditional runoff, she blamed her loss on IRV because Republican Kevin Curley mind-controlled his supporters into casting their second-choice votes for Progressive Kiss. I was ashamed to have had Miller on my ballot at all after that display of poor sportsmanship.
*** This is not an endorsement of Wanda Hines by myself (or God), but merely an observation that she is the candidate closest to the Progressive values that have defined the People's Republic of Burlington for the last 30 years. The global economic meltdown has helped kill the People's Republic, and whoever we elect is going to have to cut budget to the bone.
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