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A bottom feeder wants your vote on Tuesday.

(Courtesy of the 20-pound carp)

If you're not entirely satisfied with your choices on Tuesday's ballot, there's another Ann Arbor City Council candidate fishing for your vote.

A 20-pound carp pulled from a pond in West Park and released into the Huron River last November is waging a quixotic write-in campaign.

The self-described bottom feeder is making his platform known via social media, tweeting about plans to "bring back the tanneries," launch "high-rise developer reeducation camps," and, of course, add more bike lanes.

He says he's focusing his campaign efforts on the 4th Ward, where Democrat Jack Eaton is the only candidate on the ballot, but he can't help it if his supporters stray across borders and write in "Twenty Pound Carp" in other wards.

He considers himself an at-large candidate.

Workers from the city's Natural Areas Preservation program removed the large fish from the small pond in West Park last year because it was destroying the ecosystem, a reputation the slippery candidate is still trying to overcome.

Twenty-pound carp vows to lobby for continuous public commentary at meetings, even during council deliberations and after council adjourns.

He's also casting a line to critics of the Downtown Development Authority.

Twenty-pound carp also isn't hesitant to admit he's interested in turning back the clock to simpler times.

"Developers have been allowed to run amok," says the 20-pound carp. "I will aggressively return Ann Arbor to its Golden Age, viz. 1837.

"Main Street will be lined with shanties and low doggeries, the tanneries and sawmills on the river will thrum once more."

Eaton said he welcomes the competition from the 20-pound carp in Tuesday's election.

"I'm amused," he said. "I have a sense of humor and I think it's funny. I consider a 20-pound carp to be a substantial opponent and I wish him the best."

Eaton has a different take on 4th Ward resident William Lockwood's declaration as a write-in candidate, though.

Unlike the 20-pound carp, Lockwood actually filed paperwork with the clerk's office so any votes for him on Tuesday will be counted.

Lockwood isn't campaigning, though. He said he only filed as a write-in because he personally can't bring himself to vote for Eaton.

"I am just one person standing silently for progressive Democratic values with no expectation that I will receive more than my single vote," Lockwood said.

Eaton said candidates should describe their stances on issues and lay out their priorities so voters can make informed decisions.

"Having a candidate who seeks votes but has not taken a position or made themselves available for debate or meaningful discourse seems to be an attempt to take advantage of low voter turnout," he said. "I certainly encourage voters to turn out and vote so that the election is really an expression of the voters."

Eaton unseated 14-year incumbent Marcia Higgins in the Democratic primary in August and is poised to take office this month, assuming he defeats Lockwood.

And, of course, a 20-pound carp.

Ryan Stanton covers Ann Arbor city hall for The Ann Arbor News. Reach him at ryanstanton@mlive.com or 734-623-2529 or follow him on Twitter.