I once learned that you can define the political parties by how they feel about legislating economics and how they feel about legislating morality (republicans like to legislate morality but not economics, democrats are opposite and libertarians don't want to legislate either).
I've observed that in our city you can separate council members by their level of scrutiny of developers and their level of scrutiny of the budget/administrative policies. Some scrutinize both pretty thoroughly, some lean more heavily to one of those areas and some kindof pick and choose their battles on both ends. If I had time to call the candidates again, I would ask them which camp they fit in. Maybe some of them will read this and let us know. I know I personally would lean more toward scrutiny of budget/admin than of developers but I also think there's a nice balance when you have differing philosophies on the council.
As another personal note, I've enjoyed getting to know the candidates. I appreciate the time and courage it takes for them to put themselves out there and I truly won't be disappointed no matter what happens because I think they are all wonderful people who will serve the city well.
