preliminary special election tomorrow

[androidqueen.livejournal.com]

so there's this preliminary special election tomorrow for alderman-at-large. does anybody know anything about any of the candidates (that i can't just find on their website)?

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[mattdm.livejournal.com]

The third guy (Robert Daut) has a web site that has so little information I feel like I know less about him after looking at it than I did when all I knew was what I got from the campaign sign stuck up at the house on the corner of my street and Holland.

The Somerville Journal piece is kind of fluffy -- he's concerned about "development" and "quality of life". (Presumably, he's for the latter; it's unclear what his stance is on the former, other than concerned.) And there's a great politician-quote about how we "have to focus on how we can focus on" ways to reduce the property tax "burden". Education and old people get a name check. Anybody know anything substantial about this guy?

[ron_newman]

I don't get it either. If you're going to run against two people as well-known as Jack and Marty, you need a very distinctive set of positions and issues. Daut hasn't gotten these across effectively, if at all.