MikeK Responds To Results

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.