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[quote=Anonymous]I watched last night’s debate and I think Lewis George came across as the most impressive. I thought the question about how they would deal with the possibility of losing federal dollars for standing up to the federal government was tough and the moderators pushed them to give real answers. McDuffie and Goodweather both struggled repeatedly to answer it, but I thought Lewis George’s answer about using litigation and working with Congress was the most realistic and most thoughtful. Same with her identifying chronic absenteeism and middle schools as two of the biggest problems in education.

It seemed like McDuffie came with a list of jabs for Lewis George and it got tiresome about ten minutes in. I also think it’s true that he has done a 180 pivot on public safety…he authored and championed the NEAR Act which created the office that runs the violence interrupters program. You would think the police union would hate him for that, but most of their fury seems to directed at Lewis George. It’s the same for many posters on this thread; people seem to think he is much more law and order but nothing about his record supports that. Based on what he said and did on the Council versus what he’s been saying on the campaign trail, it’s hard to know what McDuffie actually believes on public safety or what his approach would be as mayor. I’m also the previous poster who finds his stance on reckless driving so bad I won’t rank him. Obviously I wasn’t swayed by the debate.

Goodweather was fine but he doesn’t have a shot. I was hoping they would have let Rini in the debate.[/quote]

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