Over at his own blog, my husband, Stevens Miller, has said that he would vote for Ken Reid if we lived in Leesburg.
I understand his reasons, and agree with a lot of what he says but from the same facts, I come to a different conclusion.
Yes, Kelly Burk is flaky and never remembers to turn off her cell phone. Yes, she's not a terribly clear thinker. Yes, she's been known to be petty and vindictive.
I would still vote for her, because I fear what we would get with Ken Reid. Ken Reid is a staunch conservative ala Dick Black and Eugene Delgaudio who is smart enough to at least try to hide that he is a Black/Delgaudio fan. If he is elected to the BOS, he could easily use that as a platform to get to the general assembly. We already have enough people running for the GA who think that birth control should be outlawed.
The anti-choice/anti-LGBT folks vote anti-choice/anti-LGBT at every level of government, because they know that local office is where you get your crop for next year's higher office candidates.
It's time for our side to start doing the same. We need to vote PRO-choice/PRO-LGBT at every level of government.
And, while Kelly isn't an ally of Choice, she did stand up to Delgaudio. I'd rather have tepid support than avid opposition.
So, if you live in Leesburg, and you're no Black/Delgaudio fan, vote for Kelly Burk.
Mrs. Miller, I disagree with you. Although it may appear to someone outside the party Ken is right up there with the Dark Lord and other such luminaries, I assure you he is not. Ken is not a staunch conservative. He isn't anything. The truth is he has no principles.
ReplyDeleteHe also has no conception of how others view him. Remember the childhood story of The Emperor's New clothes aka The Emperor has no clothes?
Ron, I'd rather be safe with the definite weak principles of Kelly than the possible weak principles of Ken.
ReplyDeleteAs I told your husband, Ken Reid is the kind of GOPer a lot of Dems would be willing to vote for.
ReplyDeleteAs a voting rights activist since I was out of diapers, I approached the Leesburg Town Council, last year, urging a switch from the Jim Crow-era Virginia local election date in May to November--so as to increase awareness and turnout.
Ken Reid supported me--while the Dems I expected to back me hemmed and hawed. And then voted against me! They brought on the Leesburg town election date change question petitioned onto the Nov 8 ballot.
If Kelly Burk agrees with me on voting rights, I hope she will endorse a Yes on the election date change. I have voted for her in every other race she has run. It would pain me to vote against her.