A few (I'm grateful it's a very few) local candidates have tentatively broached their affiliation with national political parties. They are of course free to associate with whomever they wish, but public endorsement of the national Republican or Democrat party is, as far as I'm concerned, an indication that the candidate is not sufficiently independent to serve the city. I'm unlikely to support any candidate who tries to divert attention from local issues by invoking the empty rhetoric of the national political parties.
There are good reasons we have nonpartisan elections for city government. First among them is that we have real matters to discuss, concrete interests to balance, and issues to deal with that are under our control. There is no need here for the absurd, contorted positions that Republicans and Democrats assume in the media. We don't have to be polluted by the obscene amounts of money that corporations and special interests use to subvert rational debate.
If you are a candidate and you think I will be impressed because you belong to one of those parties, or hang out with people who are funded by them, you are wrong. Rather the opposite, actually.
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