Emily Brock Gibson

Four years ago when a youthful and charismatic democratic-socialist named Daniel Carlino won a seat on City Council through an impressive ground game I was hopeful he would deliver needed change to City government.

I expected growing pains with the new perspective, but was rooting for his progressive success. Instead, he delivered the same chaos and shenanigans that I have witnessed over the past 20 years from fringe council members with a power complex and no experience.

I’ll never forget watching with puffy and shell-shocked eyes when, after our beloved mayor died, he refused to cast a tie-breaking vote for a temporary mayor. He smirked eerily for hours as the chamber devolved desperately into excruciating confusion.

This manic grandstanding is just veiled duty shi

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