I’ll probably vote for the devil I know, because I actually like the direction the city is moving in, largely. But also completely tossing a government every election makes for poor long term planning, as projects get scrapped by successors over and over again. I understand the intent of most of those projects, so I’m willing to give them some time to execute.

On trustees, I basically do a quick check to make sure none of them are batshit crazy. If they’re sane, I abstain. If there are crazy candidates that risk doing societal harm in my ward, I’ll vote against the crazy.