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Since there has been virtually no real policy/issues talk from any of the contestants, Jeremy over at Antipixel gets my vote right now based solely on his proposed policy against noise pollution.
“Punishments will be strict: your age in solitary confinement, listening to a perpetual 13-second loop of your infringing muffler alteration.”
The only drawback to living in Mystic is the noise. Not all the time mind you, but often enough a group of Harley riders come through town. They are nice enough folk, and their bikes are beautiful, but they are loud. Louder than the trains, louder even than a pair of A-10’s flying at 100ft. Especially when they open up the throttle in low gear to get up the hill leading out of town. Then there is the noise of them leaving (en mass) one of the bars or a restaurant at 2am.
I have to admit, when I was a teenager I rebuilt a ‘66 Mustang and eventually souped it up and put glasspacks on it. So I was guilty of excess noise, but at least when I did it I was a teenager without the benifit of good judgement.
I would love for downtown Mystic to become a “no motorized vehicle zone”, much like the walkplatz found in many European towns. The only vehicles allowed downtown would be emergency, utility/maintenance and delivery vehicles. It will never happen of course, then again in about two weeks we’ll have that for 4 days during the Outdoor Art Festival. Water, Holmes, Church and Main streets (including the bridge) will all be closed off to vehicle traffic, and while we will have many thousands of visitors during those days, it will be amazingly peaceful and quiet.
Maybe we could just get everyone into a Tzero or related vehicle…almost completely silent.