I spent the evening researching the candidates for the upcoming elections, and these vague statements need to stop. Lhota apparently wants to "empower and uplift all of our teachers." What the fuck does that mean? I don't think there's a candidate out there who would want to weaken and downtrod our teachers. Carrión says he'll create "a strong and relevant curriculum." Like what? What subjects are we talking about here?

Yeah, I know why they're doing this. It's politically astute to not be specific, but I'm paralyzed here without a sense of a candidate's intentions and method. Half of John Burnett's campaign ad was about his parents, and quite frankly I don't care. Can you give me enough substance to make a good choice?

Or you can be like Randy Credico from the Tax Wall Street Party and be too specific:
-I will replace the current Police Commissioner, Ray Kelley, with former police officer Frank Serpico and retired detective Graham Weatherspoon.
-The NYPD will no longer be allowed to participate in the policing of parades, particularly the West Indian, Puerto Rican and Dominican parades, other than the deployment of the NYPD’s unarmed traffic police to help with the flow. Parade organizers will be responsible for their own policing of their respective events.
-I will rename City Hall Park, “The John Brown Lawn of Tolerance”.
-We will test for steroid abuse by the NYPD.
-I will ask a panel of progressive poets, performers and artists led by Harry Belafonte, Alfre Woodard, Danny Glover, Kathy Engel and Ruby Dee to run the office of Cultural Affairs.