11th argument 7 求拍！

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TOPIC: ARGUMENT7 - The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Clearview newspaper.
"In the next mayoral election, residents of Clearview should vote for Ann Green, who is a member of the Good Earth Coalition, rather than for Frank Braun, a member of the Clearview town council, because the current members are not protecting our environment. For example, during the past year the number of factories in Clearview has doubled, air pollution levels have increased, and the local hospital has treated 25 percent more patients with respiratory illnesses. If we elect Ann Green, the environmental problems in Clearview will certainly be solved."
WORDS: 433          TIME: 01:01:03          DATE: 2011/2/13 10:01:46
The argument for voting for Ann Green rather than Frank Braun in the next mayoral election in order to solve the environmental problems, which cannot be proven by adequate evidences, appears to be convincing at the first glance. This conclusion results from the incomplete comparison between Ann and Frank, whereas we cannot guarantee that the election of Ann is sufficient and necessary to come up with the solutions to environmental problems, said the author. Several logical flaws, however, make it unstable as it stands.
To begin with, the author directly blames worsening environment for the simple act of the Clearview town council, and subsequently indicates not voting for Frank because he is a member of the Clearview town council. Firstly, there is no evidence presented that merely the decision made by Clearview town council directly attributes the increases in the  number of local factories, consequently the increasing air pollution. Perhaps these companies value local market potential, and are pressingly requiring to enter local markets. It is more like that increase in air population is due to industries having been Clearview before, who's discharge values take majority in Clearview compared with the new industries. secondly, there is no guarantee that Frank can be representative of the Clearview town council.
In addition, For Ann, the author merely tells us he is a member of the Good Earth Coalition, not mention that his willingness or ability to improve local environmental conditions. It is entirely possible that Ann possesses factories which is in the new increased industries, and in the interest of the development of his own factories, he attributes to let factories to Clearview although he knows the increasing pollution in the following with these factories. Without taking into consideration the information about the two candidates, the conclusion cannot be hastily reached.
Last but not least, whether electing Green is necessary to solve the environmental problems, or whether voting for Green would suffice are doubtful. Firstly, the author ignore other possible candidates who are willing and able to improve air pollution and have made an achievement in protect environment. Secondly, there must be other more effective ways to solve the immediate problems, such as advocate residents to take actions for environmental improvement or more available policies made by government, except for arguing who will be the next mayor.
Overall, the evidence provided by the author seems too vague to be either well-argued or revealing. The writer fails to build any relationship between two candidates and their coalitions respective. To make his assumption more cogent, the arguer needs to provide more comprehensive information about the two candidates.