Well yeah, if a rather sizable majority didn’t want this guy to be mayor it makes sense that a lot of people aren’t going to give him the benefit of the doubt when he does stuff like this that flies in the face of what most people want. This is why a three-way race is a dumb way to elect a leader. But, beyond the issues with our electoral process, it was foolish of both LaFortune and Cuervo to stay in the race knowing they’d likely split the progressive vote. Now we have an unpopular mayor who doesn’t represent the majority of voters’ interests.