I didn't bother with advance voting this year since the polling station on the day itself is far more conveniently situated for my purposes. I expect I'll be pulling the lever for Chow, though I can't claim to be feeling a great deal of enthusiasm for the prospect. Like many of you, I think her time has come and gone. I also think her late husband had most (possibly even all) of the real political talent in their partnership. Not to come off sounding like too much like an asshole, I should add that I do think she's a genuinely nice, decent sort who means well. Maybe that will be enough. I'd rather vote for Matlow, but he's not gonna win.
As for the rest of them? Well...Those at the top of the remaining 600 or so that is? Heh, heh. Hunter seems like a likeable person, but I don't know that that's enough to vote for someone. Bailao seems sensible and intelligent, even if a tad too conservative for my tastes, so she isn't likely to be a disaster if she gets in. Whatsisname, Furey, appears to be doing surprisingly decently for, y'know, a fringe nut candidate, but that's exactly what he is: a fringe nut candidate. Saunders really has come off as a straight-up goon (in every sense of the word) in this election. And poor Brad Brad has cemented himself as nothing more than a petulant little punk. Bwah.
All in all, I'll be happy enough if the new Mayor isn't an out-and-out Ford bootlicker. In this bunch, mayhaps that's the best one can hope for.