ROUND II

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD……Needless to say I am quite content with the outcome of this election. Mayor Tomzak ended up with 64% of the vote and won in all four wards. I do have to say that the early posting implying that because my newborn niece, who obviously supported Mrs. Girvan, didn’t vote we should not read too much in the Mayor’s victory, is a bit of a stretch.

While the Mayor’s victory is impressive and signals that the majority of the community supports the direction of the current Council I do believe, through their own fault, that the views of a large group of residents were not truly represented in this election.

There are those who truly have concerns about preservation, the use of incentives, taxes, and the perceived degradation of the unique character of the city. Yet instead of putting forward a candidate(s) that shared their concerns they supported a candidate(s) that were prepared to tell them what they wanted to hear up until the day after the election—and a lot of them knew it.

Speaking for myself I am prepared to keep the debate going on these issues, and where possible, address them. For those who feel that Fredericksburg “lost” as a result of this election you have only yourselves to blame.