Friday, April 21, 2006
What did you think of the forum?
Did you learn something about the candidates? Do you understand their vision for the city? Do you have a better grasp of what each one is about? What did you learn ?
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Samuelson, Cones and Sanborn Impressed me. The rest of them are just vey ho hum. Deleon was focussed on minority issues in the city. He was concerned about the ethnic percentages of employees at the city not matching the ethnic make up of league city with regards to hispanics. So I supose he is the minority interests candidate. I am sure the LULAC endorsement is coming. Tim Paulissen continued to talk about his days in Dickinson, Tim Wake up! You moved north on highway 3!
Cones had some very good perspectives, Sanborn too,
Cones, while carrying the baggage of the past, still seems the candidate to beat. DeLeon and Lee, not much of a choice here.
Sanborn over Paulissen hands down. These seem more moderate Republicans, not the christian right wing...... Perhaps Ken Clark will begin to see his influence FINALLY end...
Samuelson starts on a note of deception with his deal with Katie after she dropped out. I still am wondering what Ken Clark got out of this one....
I attended the forum since I do not have cable and therefore cannot watch on Channel 16. Here are some observations:
· I know that the Chamber of Commerce takes great care to not only make this event possible, but also make it fair to the candidates as well as to provide the voters a chance to witness first hand the expressed views of the candidates and make up their minds whom they should support.
· There wasn’t a full house this year. I hope this is not a sign of diminished voter interest. Of course, the families and close supporters of the candidates were there. In addition, I was very happy to see CCISD School Board President Bob Davee, as well as Karen Permetti from Public Relations (I cannot remember her exact title). I’m sure they are very interested in who the next Council members are, and are hopeful that said Council members are supportive of the District. In a recent e-mail communication to Charlie Pond, I admitted that it will take a long time to earn back the trust of CCISD, but I am committed to doing so (BTW, I am not sure if Charlie was there, since I wouldn’t have recognized him – so Charlie, please introduce yourself to me the next time we are in the same room).
· Of course, I was very pleased to see that there was a consensus among the candidates with respect to supporting a Town Center in the undeveloped Southwest portion of League City. I am quite passionate about that project, since it will be a valuable commodity to this City in the future, giving us not only high-quality living areas, but also enough commercial areas to help diversify our tax base. NOTE: several candidates accidentally referred to the project as Township…which is the name of a proposed housing addition to be built near the cemetery on Kansas, in the Historic District. The Town Center, on the other hand is envisioned to be similar to the mixed-use projects in Sugar Land and The Woodlands.
· While there were certainly differences in how well each candidate demonstrated their ability to understand the issues as well as their ability to help improve our City, I think they all performed quite well considering they had no advance knowledge of the questions. Having been through this, I can tell you it takes great courage to go through such a process. I can clearly say that I do not doubt their commitment and passion for helping our City. When I told people more than a year ago that I was going to run, the most common question I heard was, “Are you insane?” Point well taken, but I believe that these people have good intentions and are courageous and willing to jump into the foray and for that I say, “Thanks for running!”
No matter who is elected, I will happily and respectfully work with them once they are sworn in…regardless of whether or not I cast my vote for them.
I agree with Councilman Barber's last point... they all seemed to be quite sincere and performed quite well. I, of course, have my preferences, but at least they all came across as competent...
My thanks to Councilman Barber for his comments. As I recall, I didn't vote for him first time around, but certainly plan to if he runs again.
Unfortunately, I don't have anything to add, because I couldn't stand the terrible video and audio from channel 16. The audio was so poor, that I had to turn my volume up to the max level, and I couldn't tell who the candidates were because I've never seen them, and couldn't read the name cards due to the terrible video.
Does anybody know if improving that (potentially) great tool is being seriously discussed? I've heard discussions on Anything League City, but nothing from any council members.
Whew! Now that I've got that off my chest, I do plan on watching the debate soon. I'm very interested in being able to draw my own conclusions about these folks, aside from the great conversation going on the blogs.
Great Post Mike! I agree with LCTEXAN. I did not vote for Mike on his first time around, but I intend to if he runs again. :)
I would have to agree with Marc.
Mike and I personally got off to a rocky start but now my opinion has changed dramatically for the better.
As I have told Mike, communication is the key. The community needs to be aware of what you are thinking and what you are doing on their behalf. Keep up the good work.
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