Springfield's Tuesday Primary
I don't really need to remind people to vote in the Springfield city election Tuesday, do I? No one is depending on this blog to for basic news.
But, I will point out that this will probably be a low turn-out election. That means the races will be determined by a small number of people and could be won or lost by just a few votes. Six wards have primary elections and many of the candidates offer significantly different choices for the city's future.
The SJ-R published a candidate survey Sunday, that they chose not to put online for some reason. They made me eat my words a little bit about the media ignoring environmental issues by including questions about Hunter Lake and the Sierra Club agreement.
I was a little surprised at the answers by Pat Giordano. I've seen hand-outs from him that tout his professional and academic background in environmental issues, but he spoke out in favor of Hunter Lake, which is an environmentally destructive waste of ratepayer money. Also, he wouldn't even say if he favored the Sierra Club agreement, which is probably the biggest single step to protect the environment that Springfield has ever taken. Hopefully, he'll reconsider his views if he wins the primary.
I'm going to reserve judgement on where candidates stand on environmental issues until the Sierra Club sends out its candidate survey after the primary.