Given the choice, the local GOP has chosen to select -- apparently without giving the newcomer a chance -- the Councilmember who championed the extremely liberal and over-bearing "Sick and Safe Days" legislation, who opposes school choice, who voted against the baseball stadium, who is a dear ally of the AFL-CIO, who opposes school reform and sides with the teacher's unions, among her MANY left-leaning stances?

What's the point of having a Republican party if Carol Schwartz -- whose ideology aligns closer to Hillary Clinton than even a moderate Republican -- is your standard bearer?

Thank you, local GOP, for reminding us why national GOP groups have no respect for our local party.