選民心聲（連載之十）

自從郭紅宣布競選列治文市長之後，不斷有民眾上門捐款、做義工，對她表示支持。很多民眾通過各種渠道發聲。我們現從各個微信群中選取一些群友的發言輯錄如下，看看選民們是怎麼說的。因發言太多，我們來不及一一徵求發言人的同意，故將發言人名字略去，只取其微信的第一個字母。

Z：昨晚列治文市選辯論，6#說了這麼多市選的話題，市長該選誰這個最重要的問題還沒說。現年69歲的現任市長Malcolm Brodie已經執政17年，雖然過往政績不錯，卻沒有Richmond進一步提升所需要的新鮮動力了。在其他候選人中，唯一打動我的是北大畢業的律師郭紅。Richmond的房屋可負擔性的問題，本地政客大多以狹隘排外的限制性政策和花納稅人的錢建造廉租房為政綱主流。而事實上，解決根本問題的方法應該是提高收入。在所有市長候選人中，只有郭紅提出了把Richmond建設成國際大都市，建造會展中心、商業中心、引入大企業和一流大學的計劃。只有讓國際大企業入駐Richmond, 才有可能真正改變Richmond原始的經濟生態，大踏步地提高Richmond居民的收入。而大學則是Richmond長期發展保持核心競爭力的最重要支撐。

Richmond，不能總被認為是一個吃飯買菜補習班的地方。Richmond的未來，需要一位更具國際視野和長遠眼光的領袖來帶領。您說呢？

#6 The mayor has not yet said the most important question as to whom he should choose. Mayor Malcolm Brodie, 69, has been in power for 17 years, and although he has done well in the past, he does not have the fresh impetus that Richmond needs to move up. Among the other candidates, the only thing that impressed me was Guo Hong, a lawyer who graduated from Peking University. Richmond's housing affordability is largely dominated by local politicians ' narrow policies of exclusion and the building of low - rent housing at taxpayers ' expense. In fact, the solution to the fundamental problem should be to raise revenue. Of all the mayoral candidates, only Guo Hong has put forward plans to make Richmond an international metropolis, a convention center, a business center, a big business and a top university. Only by getting big international companies in Richmond will it be possible to make a real difference to Richmond's pristine economic ecology and to step up the income of Richmond residents. The university is the most important support for Richmond's long-term development to maintain its core competence.

Richmond, it can't always be thought of as a place to eat, buy, and stuff. Richmond's future requires a more international and farsighted leader to lead it. What do you think?

P：昨晚的辯論，朋友說馬市長如何辨得過郭律師呀！這個真的，說對了，本來他想把大家找來自己出出風頭，誰知道所有參選人都提出那麼多的問題需要改變，各自大談現狀需要改變。郭紅律師抓住機會，大談改變，八大提案改變richmond ，針鋒相對而又不失體面，贏得了現場熱烈的掌聲。馬市長傻眼了，一看就知道他老了，該退休了。

Friends say how Mayor Ma can distinguish Lawyer Guo! That's true, that's right. He was going to try to make us stand out for ourselves. Who knows all the candidates have raised so many questions that need to be changed, and that the status quo needs to change. Lawyer Guo Hong seized the opportunity, talked about the change, eight big proposals changed richmond, tit for tat, but did not lose the decency, won the warm applause on the spot. Mayor Ma is so stupid that he knows he's old and should retire

Z：請不要拿着放大鏡看我們的華裔候選人。其他族裔候選人的瑕疵我們可能根本聽不到看不到。要給予每位站出來參選的華裔候選人鼓勵、支持和尊重1、請不要說我們我們的華裔候選人不夠優秀。如果您覺得自己優秀請您站出來參選！2、請不要對我們的華裔候選人責備求全。搞政治，需要政治智慧和政治手段，選上是王道。請給予理解！3、請不要把自己當成“國際共產主義戰士”或者特“主流”、特“高瞻遠矚”華人參政剛剛開始，可以容錯。出來投票，提高華人投票率是硬道理！

非常同感！團結是第一位的！能站出來就是英雄！一個演員都能當總理，什麼人不能當市長！所以不用對候選人挑三揀四。