Mayor Bloem Views Election Results

Mayor Sandi Bloem, who won re-election to a historic third, four-year term last night, discussed the 2009 election’s close results w/Huckleberrie Online, beginning with the question: “How do you interpret the results of the election?”)

Sandi Bloem: A lot more people voted this year. For that I’m pleased everyone should take the right to vote. We thought it could be a very close race. There were 10 debates out there, where there are usually 3. There was a lot of action on all candidates’ part as far as campaigning. It’s too early for us to analyze everything. The thing that would be most important to me out of this whole process. We need to see if there isn’t a way or model we can have in this community for respectful and civil conversation. We are always going to have differences of opinion. That is always healthy. We need to ask how can we communicate those differences differently than what happened in this election.

• Full Huckleberries Online interview here

Question: What advice would you give Mayor Bloem as she prepares to begin her third term?