I have to tell you, I have been enjoying reading the different bios and am still pretty much undecided in ALL of the races, but these are the candidates I am leaning into, and doing more research, and why;
• Joe Batcheller is who I like for mayor. I have liked his resume up against the others since the beginning, I also like that Joe is a professional urban planner (in other words he has a degree) and he wants to focus on two things; TRANSPARENCY and HOUSING. Don’t get me wrong, love Greg, and think Jamie and Christine are both qualified. We really don’t have a bad choice in this race, except the guy living in Hartford who likes to perjure campaign finance forms. I wonder if he can even vote for himself 🙂
• Vince Danh is who I like for At-Large A. I don’t know him, or have ever met him, but been checking his resume and I like that he is a very outspoken small business owner of immigrant parents. I want to do more research on him (shoot me an email Vince, would love to have coffee) but I like his message so far.
• Samantha Scarlata for At-Large B. This one is easy for me. Rich needs to go, he has failed at all of his initiatives, been nothing but a rubber stamper and LIES to constituents about helping them. He is NO good for this city, and if a freaking grasshopper was running against him, I would support them first. Oh, and Sam is the salt of the earth.
• Bob Trzynka for Central. I keep going back and forth on this one, because there are several great candidates, but Bob rises to the top. A brilliant lawyer who helped to save Lincoln Park for his neighborhood. This is all things I have heard about Bob since I have only met him on a couple of occasions. Like I said, tons of great candidates in this race worth looking at.
• Brady Kerkman for SE District. I have been researching all three candidates and I keep coming back to Brady. Sara is a well meaning mother, which is great, and Mike is a retired developer, who is a good guy, but he still has the ‘D’ behind his name, and they belong no where on the Dais. This one will be fun to watch and see who rises to the top.
Like I said above, I’m still taste testing out the candidates and encourage you to also. Had lunch with a candidate on Monday and we had a great convo! I am serious, reach out and have a one on one with them!