In reply to Dan.

I interpreted the author's comments to reflect a lack of experience on the part of both the conservative, and dsa-aligned candidates elected. I definitely thought of Koski flip-flopping on rent control and citing her own naivete. Rainville saying he could get the state legislature to enact gun control is a good example as well. But I live in ward 2 and so therefore paid the most attention to that race, and a candidate who "did not seem to even understand basic details" definitely rang true to me about Worlobah. To give just two examples, in her interview with Wedge live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yGH1Fp31A&t=2089s , she brings up that new developments have "floors of housing that are reserved for AirBNB." When the host John Edwards mentions that he believes the current council recently enacted a rule limiting short-term rentals, she clearly isn't aware of it, and suggests that he should look into it. I believe if you are running for city council, and especially if you are bringing up specific issues that the current council has acted on, you should probably be familiar with the actions the current council took? Otherwise, how would you know that you'd be any better? Seems like common sense to me.

Just to show it's not a one-off thing, in the ward 2 candidate forum hosted by the Lake Street council https://youtu.be/tnQy7YKjKwU?t=572 , someone asks a question about preventing large trucks from parking on residential streets. Worlobah says that the incumbent should use city staff to do research and find alternative parking locations for the trucks. Cam Gordon, who speaks next, goes on to say that they did exactly that, the ordinance banning on street truck parking has been passed and takes effect in January. I don't have particularly high hopes for a candidate who can't even be bothered to familiarize themselves with the actions of the current council, but hopefully I'm wrong.