03-22-2009, 07:02 PM
The debate was very interesting.
Hyde was an hour late so he missed the first 7 questions.
Then he talked about the basketball game instead of answering the question he was asked.
Hyde claimed that everything was the fault of the city council and the citizens of Waukegan and that the theatre was never supposed to be an economic engine to revitalize down town.
He stated that fountain square generates millions of dollars in tax revenue but then said it was in a tiff distric t.
He seemed very confused about the state of the city and what was going on.
He had no coherent answers and really just kind of rambled and blamed the Aldermen.
Sabonjian had straight answers and got to the point.
He seemed really well informed and new exactly what he was talking about.
Flesher didn't say too much but that he agreed with Sabonjian on most things. It almost sounded like he was endorsing Sabonjian.
I heard some guy tell Hyde to have his people stop stealing Sabonjian's signs and the Mayor told him that he couldn't prove that they were stealing them.
Something else that I just thought about is that the Mayor didn't seem to have anyone with him. Not a campaign manager or aide or any supporters at all for that matter.
But neither did Flesher. Though I think his wife was there.
By the way, I talked with Flesher briefly and he does seem like a really nice guy.
You'd think the incumbent Mayor would have all kinds of people around him.
I couldn't get to Sabonjian because of all the people trying to shak his hand.
The sense I got was that Sabonjian is the best candidate by far and that most people there were going to be voting for him.All in all, the debate was pretty informative as an opportunity to learn more about Sabonjian and glaring differencs between him and Hyde.
No doubt about it.
Sabonjian's got my vote.
Hyde was an hour late so he missed the first 7 questions.
Then he talked about the basketball game instead of answering the question he was asked.
Hyde claimed that everything was the fault of the city council and the citizens of Waukegan and that the theatre was never supposed to be an economic engine to revitalize down town.
He stated that fountain square generates millions of dollars in tax revenue but then said it was in a tiff distric t.
He seemed very confused about the state of the city and what was going on.
He had no coherent answers and really just kind of rambled and blamed the Aldermen.
Sabonjian had straight answers and got to the point.
He seemed really well informed and new exactly what he was talking about.
Flesher didn't say too much but that he agreed with Sabonjian on most things. It almost sounded like he was endorsing Sabonjian.
I heard some guy tell Hyde to have his people stop stealing Sabonjian's signs and the Mayor told him that he couldn't prove that they were stealing them.
Something else that I just thought about is that the Mayor didn't seem to have anyone with him. Not a campaign manager or aide or any supporters at all for that matter.
But neither did Flesher. Though I think his wife was there.
By the way, I talked with Flesher briefly and he does seem like a really nice guy.
You'd think the incumbent Mayor would have all kinds of people around him.
I couldn't get to Sabonjian because of all the people trying to shak his hand.
The sense I got was that Sabonjian is the best candidate by far and that most people there were going to be voting for him.All in all, the debate was pretty informative as an opportunity to learn more about Sabonjian and glaring differencs between him and Hyde.
No doubt about it.
Sabonjian's got my vote.