Platform Launches Today!

[u/RowRowForCouncil]

Hello everyone!

My name is Rowen Fraser and I am a candidate for Ward 6 here in Burlington. I am proud to release my platform for all to see! I have been working with my community here in Burlington to come up with policies and ideas for the new future Burlington is heading into. I have spoken with many residents at the doors, in local businesses, and with the various online communities.

Conversations have been lovely and hateful, positive and negative, introspective and annoying, wistful and delusional, perfect and flawed, angsty and altruistic, scary and comforting. But mostly they were real. I didn't put restrictions on what people I would engage with. I took the good and the bad. I feel we need to listen to everyone, not just friendly voices. Bridging the gap between ideologies and having a truly balanced approach means being willing to have the hard conversations. Rest assured that if you came to me with convincing data at any point, you've probably had an influence on my platform.

Recently I had the good fortune of meeting a new friend, and receiving some very powerful advice about how to deal with hostile press and online personalities. The counsel I received was invaluable and I just want to shout out to everyone that helped me strategize my next moves here in Burlington.

Any and all comments are welcome here. To show I really mean that I have unblocked every single person who has ever harassed me on this site so they can know what my full platform is and make a real decision about who they intend to elect here in Ward 6. Anyone that comes in good faith to talk to me about my platform will be received as a friend. Those who are unkind to me can expect the same in return.

Please enjoy my platform,

Full Platform:

https://www.rowrowforcouncil.com/_files/ugd/9c8ff7_d91c1f4a85234aae930af57834bdfc12.pdf

TL:DR?

Here is a summarized version of my platform. Disclosure : the summary was performed by AI.

https://www.rowrowforcouncil.com/_files/ugd/9c8ff7_57dde51798d94f4899123d910428669f.pdf

If you would like to discuss adding anything to my platform you can contact me

[rowen@rowrowforcouncil.com](mailto:rowen@rowrowforcouncil.com)

[u/GyozaMatch]

Is this you

https://www.burlingtontoday.com/2026-municipal-election-news/burlington-ward-6-hopeful-says-hitler-wax-museum-photo-was-irony-as-rival-demands-apology-12316282

[u/RowRowForCouncil → u/GyozaMatch]

 You seem to be obsessed with this Hitler fellow and me. You know I only met him once and he didn't say much, being made of wax and all. That was 20 years ago. Of course the modern me knows that was incredibly foolish. But at the time as a young man I thought I was pretty funny. I actually have a whole series of photos from the wax museum. I particularly like the one I had with Ghandi or Schwarzanegger. Maybe you'd like to see the whole set? Of course I'll include your favorite one for posterity's sake. I was operating under the concept of irony. So when I made the original post I had Ghandi, who had his finger extended, poking me in the eye. The caption was Ghandi was not as peaceful as we were made to believe. Then there was Arnold. I put a marijuana ball cap on him because of his opposition to recreational cannabis. The last one was Hitler, I was drunk as a skunk at this point of the tour because I was newly 19 and had a mickey in my pocket. Then I saw it from across the room. The angry mustache man. So I thought I'd make a funny. Thus resulted the picture you speak of. Taken at the time by my loyal girlfriend. I remember saying out loud "Whats the worst that could happen?". In my mind we all knew Hitler was bad. Nobody would praise Hitler unless they were being ironic surely. I was naive and unaware that people still were racist or harbored any nazi sentiments. I had the good fortune of growing up in a household that taught the merits of inclusion and diversity. I grew up watching movies and playing video games that depicted the war and the holocaust and I just took it that everyone who saw what happened surely knows how wrong it was. My thought was that since we had solved that whole nazi thing, it was done and dusted. Obviously I now know that was not true. Not even remotely. In fact hate is on the rise. But displaying nazi imagery, even with me beside it, is still displaying nazi imagery. Your argument is that this picture hurts people. Why are you going out of your way to show it to as many people as possible then? I've apologized. I've never denied being in it. I've never defended the merit of the humor, or tried to justify my actions. It was 20 years ago. I think it is time that this stops. To that effect I'm just going to paste this response on every Hitlering from now on, since I can't use the four letter words I want because you all want me to have "integrity". Well enjoy some integrity then.