tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5240072340049776536..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: DPP's Taipei Campaign is making me cryMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-50107599804660626722018-08-18T01:43:03.349+08:002018-08-18T01:43:03.349+08:00Ko is a joke. He's a populist that does nothi...Ko is a joke. He's a populist that does nothing consistently and has let Taipei stagnate overall even if he's pleasing the local district chiefs. He's basically an Internet star and owns his awknardness. I'd give him props if he were a nerdy awkward teen trying to figure things out, but he needs to actually accomplish really hard things, not just be a crowd-pleasing clown, for Taiwan's most economically important city.<br /><br />Ko is also a bad manager. Every friend of his that supported him in 2014 and worked for him has left. His vice mayors can't stand him, his department heads can't stand him... he trashes anyone vindictively that left him. He used the media to attack Wu Yi-ning to distract from his own problems. She's head of the farming association and a long-time farming activist that has legit grassroots chops and worked for many years to better the plight of farmers in Taiwan.<br /><br />While many cities around the world are undergoing transportation revolutions, Taipei has... the MRT... which is great but it is being built out according to plan and has been around for a long time.<br /><br />Housing in Taipei is still extremely expensive even though there are many job opportunities for young people. How many kids endure 60 minute commutes so they can continue living with their parents? This is not normal relative to Tokyo / New York / London / SF where you can rent reasonable apartments quite easily and even the "bubble" prices aren't even half as bad as they are in Taipei.<br /><br />Taipei is still backwards and based around cars as the highest priority transport and walking around Taipei still feels gross anytime you cross an intersection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16093474913652965672018-08-14T12:44:33.490+08:002018-08-14T12:44:33.490+08:00can you imagine DPP getting just 5-8% vote in the ...can you imagine DPP getting just 5-8% vote in the Taipei election ? I don't think so. Yao will get more votes than what the opinion polls tell us. Yao would probably get 15-20% vote in the end. because of that, it will be a close fight between Ko and Ting.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com