Capitola has five good candidates competing for three city council seats, but this race has been clouded by an ugly controversy that has raised questions beyond the candidates themselves. Lookout’s editorial board doesn’t believe the furor over TJ Welch’s past comments about the LGBTQ+ community has merit as a measure of his fitness to serve, yet the episode has exposed rifts beneath Capitola’s friendly, small-town veneer. We endorse incumbent J…