Come on, give these candidates a break. At least they’re trying to make difference.

I also could care less for someone depending on “improvisation” as an elected official. Tells me they don’t know much about what to expect in the position, but believe in their ability to “figure it out” as it comes at them. Thanks but no thanks.

As for using terms in url names and other internet tags, a tremendous number of people use slang in a tongue in cheek manner. What she meant to convey may not be what another reads into it. “Suckafree” could mean a lot of things.

She made a poor choice in not creating a website dedicated specifically to her campaign. I concede that I’d not likely vote for her based on what I’ve seen so far. She APPEARS to be a bit naive and lacking in an all-around ability to serve and represent on the city council.

My point was, too many times, people jump to initial conclusions early in campaigns. Every candidate deserves to be given the chance to be fully heard and judged by the voter. Dismissing someone right off the bat, based on one or two things, is poor voting. Too many people do this , and this is how we get the clods we usually get into public office.

Would I vote for her? Not likely. She may have something valid to say, and then again, she may be totally off the wall. She may not even have anything to say at all. I’ll hold my final judgement until then.

During this campaign all candidates will be judged initially by their websites, if they have them.

A powerful neighborhood group? LOL. Define “powerful”. Maybe in the world of their own block parties, newsletters and picnics but not in the real world.

The only thing that concerns me is that she thinks that the city manager has done a superb job. The only “superb job” he’s done is that he’s kept tight with the good old boys at city hall. Those city managers who came before him were far more capable, but they were outsiders and not part of the “in” crowd, and their lives were made miserable. I sometimes wonder if there wasn’t some sort of backstabbing going on that helped him inherit the job. They don’t like outsiders messing with their operation down there.

The sad thing is, were someone like Ms. Quezada to get elected, they’d all make her life miserable. I’d hope she could hold her ground. Ask the police chief. Better yet, ask Brenda Rodgers.

My gut feeling is that she really isn’t council material, and probably doesn’t share views that I would want to support, but she deserves a chance to be heard, taken seriously, and considered. A big shakeup is needed.

I am constantly leery of anyone claiming that they are going to foster “change”. A certain newer councilman promised changes and a new perspective and swept on into the council. Yet, he fell right in step upon being elected, and gee whiz, his wife maintains a prominent role in a powerful neighborhood organization, too. Makes you wonder.