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Question: What do you make of the election results?
Mike Kennedy: When your electoral vote count is less than the number of children you have, it’s a close race. It’s too early to unwrap the message. I’ll benefit by decompressing. I genuinely believe this economy had a lot to do with it. People are hurting. Even people with jobs are nervous. There’s an absolute level of discontent and concern. Other issue-related matters for the city … we need to go back to the first principles and find out what people want with economic development and urban renewal. We’ve done some good things but we need to look at scope. Whether it’s matters of communication or matters of substance, people have real concerns and we need to hear them. It’s simply too early to make sweeping declarations about the results. I’m happy about the results. We need to do everything we did. Ultimately, a win’s a win. I guess my new nickname “Landslide” will stick with me awhile.
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intheknow on November 04 at 12:07 p.m.
That is great to read that this is what Mike is feeling today.
It is a good opportunity to sit down with someone like, say, Gookin and get a feel for what constituents have communicated to his campaign. And I am not talking about any group(s) that have been vocal about their views, we've watched that debate closely - but the average voters that came out to vote in favor of Gookin's views.
And these are not angry people, but moms and dads with families and hopes to stay in the area. They are democrats, republicans, liberals and conservatives.
What do you say Mike? Are you willing to at least reach across the table and get a different perspective? The results could equal “balance”.
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RedMan on November 04 at 10:44 p.m.
Moral of the story? the more kids the better.
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