It saddens me people feel the way they do about us. It must be changed.

We feel pretty comfortable. We believe we’re in a horse race. I have personally sent a thank-you card to every contributor.

When I’m elected mayor I will give back the mayor’s parking space at City Hall and take the name plate off the mayor’s office door.

But beyond economic development, I want to change the feeling this community has about our government. It’s sad and it must be changed. It saddens me that the people of this community feel the way...

I challenge each member of the council to donate a month of their (council) salary to pay for the gifts.

I’ve never received this kind of contributions before. I have received smaller contributions as alderman and always thanked those contributors as well.