Johannah Barry
When I saw the allegations in this week’s News-Press that Johannah Barry and Ira Kaylin’s campaign for City Council had been endorsed and supported by the Falls Church Republican Committee, I was intrigued. So, like any good journalist, I decided to investigate.
I went straight to one of the people who would know best, City Councilwoman Johannah Barry, and asked her for her take on the allegations.
“Our electoral success was due to delivering a clear and concise message which resonated with City voters,” she responded, denying that she or Ira Kaylin had ever “asked for, claimed, nor received, an endorsement from any party.”
“To the credit of Falls Church City residents,” Barry noted, “very few voters cared about national political affiliation.”
Barry is right. Indeed, that should be very much to the credit of those living and voting in the City of Falls Church. Despite voting heavily Democratic – according to the New York Times nearly 70% of City of Falls Church voters voted for Barack Obama in 2008 – our nonpartisan City elections allow a diverse group of views to be represented on the local level without the taint of partisanship.
“This inclusive and non-partisan approach is certainly a hallmark of Falls Church and its governance,” added Barry.
According to her, she and Kaylin were elected because of the enthusiasm with which voters met their platform, which “included not only fiscal responsibility, but good governance, solid schools, and economic development.”
To me, at least, this sounds reasonable. Unlike Nick Benton and Mike Gardner may want to think, there were no shadowy GOP operatives getting out the vote for Johannah and Ira.
Gardner, at least, has long been a proponent of getting the Democratic Party involved in endorsing in City elections, however. And now he’s railing against this without the Republican Committee, Johannah Barry, or Ira Kaylin having been first asked to confirm or deny the endorsement?
Let’s leave partisanship out of City elections, no matter which side it’s coming from. Benton and Gardner have seen fit to use this as an excuse to demand the Democratic Party’s involvement in Falls Church elections. Thankfully, I’m sure the people of Falls Church will see through their charade.
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