Hardy-Chandler Calls On Voters To Move Fairfax City Forward Together
FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Fairfax City voters heading to the polls to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 general election will find candidates running in the city council, school board and mayoral races.
Stacey Hardy-Chandler is one of the six candidates on the ballot in the Fairfax City Council race that have not previously run for elected office. Three incumbent candidates are running for reelection and two current members of the City of Fairfax School Board are seeking seats on the council.
All of the candidates in the city council race participated in the Sept. 25 candidate meet-and-greet at the Sherwood Community Center. Before voters got a chance to speak one-on-one with them, each of the candidates delivered a statement summarizing their reasons for running. The following are the remarks Hardy-Chandler made at that event.
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Stacey Hardy-Chandler
“Good evening, neighbors. My campaign is about people and purpose. My profession is as a social worker, so my speech is going to be a little bit different. I’m going to need your help. I want you to remember three words.
Click Here: great britain lions rugby jersey“One of the things that I think we can all agree on is that we want a city that is robust. We want a city that is resilient. We’re going to be facing some really big challenges as a relatively small city, and we have to face them together. So, the word that describes all of that happens to be my family name, which is Hardy. So say it with me, ‘Hardy.’
“OK, we want to be a hardy community in a hardy city, because we have to be concerned about word number two, our ‘Future.’
“When I went around talking to people getting on the ballot, I heard a lot of things, a lot of concern. Some of those varied by neighborhood, but they all fell under one big umbrella, which was quality of life. Whether people’s concerns were about infants or older adults, whether they were about school or housing, they all fell under that umbrella of quality of life. So say it with me. Word number two is what? ‘Future,’ right?
“You can look up my background. I’m not going through all of that in too much detail, but as I said, I’m a social worker. My whole career has been centering people. So it’s all about here’s word number three, ‘Us.’ Say it with me. ‘Us.’
As a social worker, I’ve done direct practice, delivering services. I have certainly taught at the university level, including George Mason and I have, of course, served in senior management. But, it’s all been about bringing communities together. So, put it together. If anybody asks you what my campaign is about, you can tell them it’s about a ‘Hardy future for all of us.’
“Let’s move Fairfax forward together. Thank you.”
Patch is publishing a new story each day featuring remarks made by one of the candidates who spoke at the Sept. 25 meet and greet at the Sherwood Community Center, which was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area and Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce.
Listen to the full audio from the Sept. 25 candidate meet-and-greet event
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So far, Patch has published remarks made by both candidates running for mayor, Catherine Read and Susan Hartley Kuiler, as well as seven of the 11 candidates in the city council race, Stacy A. Hall, Kate Doyle Feingold, Rachel McQuillen, Amini Elizabeth Bonane, Billy Bates, and Jeff Greenfield.
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Early voting is underway at the Fairfax City Hall polls and will continue through Saturday, Nov. 2. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be two Saturdays (Oct. 29 and Nov. 2) when voters can cast in-person ballots.
Patch has gathered all the information Fairfax City voters need to know about the Nov. 5 election in one place.
Additional information about the Nov. 5 general election can be found online at League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area. The league co-sponsored the Sept. 25 candidate forum with the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce.
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