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Blogging the Mayoral Forum I did my best to correctly record the information as the candidates were speaking without editorializing or twisting their words. I was trying to capture the essence of what they were saying - if they used a particular phrase or word that jumped out at me, I made certain to [...]

What about a commission on housing with authority? 
Becker:  We may need a commission to do it, but this is a new proposal for me.  In the past, was on a board with authority to make decisions and a also to advise the council and that was 15 years ago.  SRO’s - single room occupancy - needs [...]

There are some technical difficulties with the sound, so this could be interesting.
Mayoral Forum - Ralph Becker and Dave Buhler and being introduced.
Opening Statements 3 minutes.  I’ll do my best to summarize.
Buhler:
Usual boilerplate welcome for our commitment to fighting poverty.  Personal details:  Salt lake city native, his dad was a police officer, attended South High, [...]

Props, first, to Luke Garrott (candidate for City Council4 ) for attending today’s People’s Summit on Poverty.  His opponent Nancy Saxton didn’t make the event.
Becker and Buhler are speaking at the Mayoral Forum at the People’s Summit on Poverty.
I’ll be liveblogging the event trying to get an accurate impression of who says what.
There are some other Crossroads Urban [...]

Jenny Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving. 
In this morning’s D-News she’s quoted as saying her loss a result of sexism and will hurt the cause of women politicians in Utah:
Just nine women serve as mayor of 174 municipalities statewide. And the possibility of a 10th female mayor ended abruptly Tuesday when Jenny Wilson [...]

I promised more election day stories.
Aaron and I were walking a precinct north of the Capitol building. As we reached the last house on our list, we knocked on the door were greeted by a cheerful, intelligent woman (a former advocate with Amnesty International!) who asked if we could put in her yard signs; she [...]

A while back, I predicted the outcome of the Primary - I predicted Buhler in 1st, followed closely by Becker then Wilson.
I made two basic mistakes - I overestimated the support for both Buhler and Wilson and I underestimated the impact of the Becker campaign’s door to door work. I thought more [...]

So after a joyous and unhealthy campaign lunch of pizza and soda, Aaron and I headed again for Capitol Hill where we began the poll watching again.
We had a targeted list of about 100 voters to either verify as having voted or to contact to remind them to vote. About 1/2 our voters had [...]

In the last 8 hours, I’ve received four different robocalls, excluding Jenny Wilson’s push poll “Who do you support” robocall.  I’m sure I have some more waiting for me at home; I also had a call for Peter Corroon in support of Jenny, from a firefighter in support of Jenny, a call from Keith Christensen [...]

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Tonight’s Honk and Wave will be Foothill and Sunnyside - they start at about 5 and go till 7.
Tomorrow morning we’ll be honking and waving at 7th East and 13th South near the park.
Participating is easy - show up, grab a sign and start waving at folks.  Or just honk as [...]

As we work through the final day before the primary, I’m even more impressed with Ralph Becker and his campaign than I was before.
Becker’s campaign is using the strong team of staff and volunteers they’ve developed through a long, hot summer to drive a strong GOTV effort tomorrow. They’re doing targeted mailers - including letters [...]

Friday I posted about Jenny Wilson’s unwillingness to commit to attending the People’s Summit on Poverty - I also emailed the Wilson campaign expressing my strong desire they commit to attending.
I received a phone call from the campaign (I wasn’t home so they left voicemail). They thanked me for contacting them and explained that [...]