Capper recap
Whoa, big stunner!
Who would have guessed that Mayor Al wouldn't run again?
Everyone.
An illness known as prostate cancer, a plague known as Compora and a prediagnosed condition known as Burkett sort of pre-empted that big decision.
It was a wise decision anyhoo. Let's send him and Dottie Edwards on a cruise as a consolation prize.
Okay, before we get into guessing exactly who might be the next mayor, let's do a little recap.
In his 12 years as mayor, what would you say Mayor Al's biggest accomplishment was?
Here are the rules: Be positive, and an answer like "maintained the status quo" will not count.
The most convincing and persuasive answer earns a chauffeur-driven ride to any part of the city. Yeah, you know who the chauffeur will be (So, okay, we'll throw in a six-pack to make it bearable).
In everyone's best interests, anyone with the first name of Lloyd and last name of Conner is not eligible to participate. If the winner is a mayor wannabe, he or she gets a six-pack and a cruise on a yacht (apparently a drunken sailor sometimes is fit to be mayor). This contest is void where prohibited.
Who would have guessed that Mayor Al wouldn't run again?
Everyone.
An illness known as prostate cancer, a plague known as Compora and a prediagnosed condition known as Burkett sort of pre-empted that big decision.
It was a wise decision anyhoo. Let's send him and Dottie Edwards on a cruise as a consolation prize.
Okay, before we get into guessing exactly who might be the next mayor, let's do a little recap.
In his 12 years as mayor, what would you say Mayor Al's biggest accomplishment was?
Here are the rules: Be positive, and an answer like "maintained the status quo" will not count.
The most convincing and persuasive answer earns a chauffeur-driven ride to any part of the city. Yeah, you know who the chauffeur will be (So, okay, we'll throw in a six-pack to make it bearable).
In everyone's best interests, anyone with the first name of Lloyd and last name of Conner is not eligible to participate. If the winner is a mayor wannabe, he or she gets a six-pack and a cruise on a yacht (apparently a drunken sailor sometimes is fit to be mayor). This contest is void where prohibited.
posted by The Observer at 9/05/2007 08:01:00 AM
3 Comments:
Observer,
So - do you get to drink the six pack while driving?
I think that would automatically void the offer.
I'll throw in under Cappi's tenure we got a very nice multi sports complex. That was definately forward thinking.
Many improvements occurred in the parks, I think especially Munson. Was the riverwalk downtown under him, also? I'm really not sure.
He also did a supurb job of turning a deficit into a surplus.
Seems like there were some tax cuts in there also.
The next Mayor has some big shoes to fill. I hope he or she is up to it.
Roundybout.
I think that the single most important thing Mayor Al did was that he actually had a handle on the City's finances. Perhaps some of this was due to the City manager (Hamilton) running a tight ship.
Mayor Al also treated everyone with kindness. He did not run his administrations like a dictator. He has always given people the opportunity to speak and be heard.
It is hard to give absolute credit (or give absolute responsibility for) any type of improvements to the City. The Multi Sports Complex, Munson, Riverwalk, and the like, are all good amenities, but the entire councils are responsible for these as well. Perhaps this also made Al a good Mayor, because he was not out to make a name for himself by improving the City. You didn't see him put up big signs with his name plastered all over it for a Capital Improvements Project, when the real people responsible for the project was the taxpayers, not the Mayor. It shows that Al was humble, and that may be his biggest attribute of all. Hopefully future Mayors will follow this by the example Al set.
Al served us as very well and no one could do more than that. He was always a Christian man even when deliberately provoked by persons with a political axe to grind. No human could do better.
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