I think ivgalvez's approach is sane. He clearly states "don't vote for me" so that the two bodies are seperate, but his candidacy is still there as a cushion in case someone has jumped on the ship just because he sees he is going to be probably elected. Ivgalvez's candidacy ensures that if the community believes that one of the candidates is really harmful, there are still enough people to get elected.

tl;dr;
Maybe the community believes it's less harm for the community if ivgalvez is elected in both bodies than person X elected for council.