Comments on: Meet the City Council Candidates

By: watchman

watchman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:52:07 +0000

A salute to Emmy and Brent. Always keep new possibilities before us. “The truth shall set you free”. If you are throughly convinced, be open to change.

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By: ammc

ammc — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:06:12 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to run this series Brent and Emmy. Like most everyone, my free time is limited and this is a nice way for me to keep up when it’s convenient. No out of context blurbs or media bias either. Well done!

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By: finnegan

finnegan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:13:20 +0000

This post has been updated with Dave Wiens’s response.

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By: finnegan

finnegan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:21:17 +0000

We contacted all the candidates the same way; through email. I’ve sent Dave Wiens no less than three emails. I don’t want to give anyone an unfair advantage (or disadvantage) so I’m not going to try to convince anyone to participate. Participation is completely voluntary.

Also, a brief note about method, just FYI:

We’ve taken measures to keep everything as fair and even as we can. All the questions being asked were solicited from readers, and fleshed out by myself and other hburgnews contributors.

As most regular readers know, Kai used to be a contributor here. He was removed as a contributor before we started this process, so he was not privy to those discussions. Also, I’m not the one contacting Kai. For ethical reasons (to avoid any conflict of interest) Emmy is handling email communication with some of the candidates.

… in case anyone was wondering.

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By: JohnLL

JohnLL — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:32:37 +0000

Should someone let Dave Wiens know that some of us will make our decision mostly based on these questions? (I say mostly…. I may have made up my mind already on a couple of these seats…) JLL

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By: Thanh

Thanh — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:28:27 +0000

Thanks Brent and Emmy for sending out this question and posting the responses here. I am looking forward to reading the next questions and responses.

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By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:55:07 +0000

My total election bias: I will most definitely be voting for Charlie and Kai as they’re regular participants on hburgnews.com. I’m using this series to figure out my third vote.

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By: finnegan

finnegan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:59:36 +0000

Before I started hburgnews in 2006, I could barely name two people on council. I didn’t even know how many members there were (there are five). Through this blog I’ve gotten to know several council members.

Many of the registered voters I’ve spoken to either don’t plan to vote for City Council, or don’t know that you can vote for three of eight. Hopefully this will help.

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By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:03:22 +0000

I know one of the candidates personally, and I just met another for the first time yesterday, which reminded me how little I know about our local city political arena which probably affects me as much as the national one does. As of today, I wouldn’t know which 3 I would want to win on election day. It’s great to allow them each to introduce themselves here on the blog, and I hope to get to know the City Council candidates better through this format. Thanks!

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