Dbol504 t1_j66tmvz wrote on January 28, 2023 at 3:03 AM

I will just repeat why I voted no on the Galloway thing. I was for it until the day of voting. The hard sell electioneering going on outside my polling location turned me off. Lady with a baby in a stroller in the rain. Was she saying to vote Democrat to support a woman's right to choose? No, she was pushing to vote in favor on Galloway. They played their hand too hard for me that it was the end of Springfield if we didn't pass it. I voted no to it to send a message to not be drama queens.

Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j6aente wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:30 PM

Honestly I have the same mindset a lot of the time lol. I feel like the ads for the project were disingenuous and went for the negative, i.e. "Springfield needs this development or else" mentality as opposed to "The growth of Galloway will benefit the city of Springfield in x, y, z ways." Their use of influential people from around the city as another bargaining chip was also weird. These tactics come off really shady and made me feel like I wasn't getting all of the truth, and like I mentioned in another comment, they neglected the people who actually live and work there, and I really dislike that longtime residents are being bulldozed for the sake of developers that won't care about Springfield in 10 years.