This is huge news. I'd heard a few rumours that this was coming, but it doesn't take away from the immensity of this news. This really makes the next election more exciting, and shows that Hamilton is truly on the up and up.
While I don't agree with all of Loomis' opinions, he's not an idiot and knows the power and strength of advocacy groups. I hadn't heard of his support for sprawl, but seeing the immense outpouring against sprawl, I suspect he will change his tune as he recognizes that's a huge voting block. For many, sprawl is one of the most important issues of our time, including myself. Regardless, Loomis would be a far better option than Fred, Vito, or Bob. Loomis is someone I and many other involved residents and community at large respect, while Bob is disgraced and disliked my many and would be running on ego and name recognition alone, while Fred is on ego, if he even runs which I feel like is a 50/50 chance since he seems so tired of this role.
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