Welcome to my campaign for world domination

[kapkomet]

Staying relevant, and visible, are key.

 

Here is the thing on some of those "city" issues - you may be conservative on some of the financial stuff, but there is more to it than that. And the solutions don't tend towards one party or another. For example...

 

--Crime. How do you reduce it? More cops, or less cops but better qualified? Or do you target the rehab side? Or do you prefer an indirect method like job corps and other employment improvements, etc.? Many of those questions are not party-aligned.

 

--Education. Some of your suggestions on your website for the schools are also non-party specific. Its a matter of execution and methodology, and not as much the curriculum, if you are a mayor. As a school system leader (mayor in this case), you are more of a business leader, and by nature that usually means your are more apolitical.

 

--Zoning. Where are you on eminent domain, which is becoming a hot topic? The GOP is split on this, with some Libertarian-types and small-gov conservatives really upset with the widening use of that tactic. And they happen to align with some liberal Dems on the subject. Being in MC, if you look to rejuvenate certain parts of town, you'll run into this issue.

 

I think its just a different playing field at the city level. Red and blue mean different things.

 

We luuuuuuuuv it when you analyze.

[southsider2k5]

ED is a HUGE deal right now in MC, and the complete lack of a business strategy other than whoring themselves out to retail is the thing that has bothered me for years. Right now along Trail Creek there are a bunch of old factories and business, many that have been shuttered for years. The City wants to buy/annex them to build a new coridor, which by the way they have no idea exactly what they want to do with. The big fight is that one of the businesses still down there is profitable, and they are talking about using ED to get rid of them. Property rights constiutionally are supposed to be one of the most protected rights, and they aren't even close anymore.

[Soxy]

Sorry you didn't win. I was crossing my fingers for you, but hopefully you'll find more funding next time and kick some arse.

[Chisoxfn]

Final totals

 

Not me, not my other choice 3108

Not me, my other choice 2693

Me, 2585

Last place, 1172

 

I gotta say, I am proud of how I did. 27.0 percent of the vote in a 4 way race, with basically no financing is nothing to sneeze at. The race was energizing and the experience of a lifetime, dispite the outcome. I learned more about my hometown in a few months than I had in over 30 years of being from here. Once again, Bob, Rog, Matt, Slav, and Palehosefan I owe you guys a ton of thanks for the efforts you guys put in for me with absolutely no connection to Michigan City, and that means a lot to me. Thanks all, and who knows, maybe in another couple of years we will do it all again?

Soxtalk is proud of ya Mike. You went out and stood up for something you believed in and did a hell of a job doing it. If you go for it again in a couple years hopefully people will remember your name and you can make an even bigger push.

[NorthSideSox72]

We luuuuuuuuv it when you analyze.

 

Sorry, I got carried away. I love local and state politics. In many ways, so much more interesting than national.

[Texsox]

 

Sorry, I got carried away. I love local and state politics. In many ways, so much more interesting than national.

 

"All politics is local"

Tip O'Neil

[mreye]

I have always been a volunteer. I have always been a big believer in doing, instead of talking. I have worked as a ref at our Y for years, and as a youth group leader in a religious group. It also sounds like I am going to be a mentor for a kid without a father. How scary is that?

 

I'm sure he'll have 5,000 posts by June.