I strongly share the sentiment that MAB is just staggering egotistical, power-hungry, and closed-minded to other viewpoints (even compared to politicians in general, which is really saying something!), even though I generally agree with (most of) her policies and think the current city council has done an extraordinarily good job, especially under the current extraordinary circumstances.
That said, it’s useful to remember that when it comes to politics, the internet is not real life. MAB has vastly more name recognition than anyone else who will be on the ballot, and generally speaking, things in Raleigh are going pretty well right now and likely will be going really well next year. It’s hard to see any other candidate beating her. What’s more, a move to a plurality election with no run-off will make it even harder to unseat her because you have to unify all of the anti-MAB vote around a single candidate. And moving the election to the 2022 general election will make it even more likely that she gets reelected based on name recognition, because you’ll have a lot of voters who don’t follow municipal politics very closely and are there to vote in the U.S. Senate race.
Also, I hope the city council upzones a ton of **** in 2022. Just keep upzoning stuff left and right all year long.