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Rick,

Why you want to be condescending and attempt to make a benign conversation personal is very perplexing. However, having said that, and answering your comment about being the smartest person on Earth, I offer the following. I am not the smartest person on Earth and neither are you. I will however, at anytime debate you in public on any issue of current politics relative to this city for which you have decided to run for office of the mayor. I will clearly dominate your knowledge of local government and issues of civics with facts, numbers, procedures, and implementation of current law and ordinances. And my friend, do so at any time you choose, at any place you choose, and I will pay for the room rental and the appetizers. I would tread very carefully on broaching this subject matter if I were you as your capabilities of having the skills to manage a city can only be verified by complex open public debate, which to this date, you have not engaged in. Running for office is not a matter of blogging comments on a web site, it is about openly showing your knowledge and ability to manage complex issues of finance and municipal obligations. I haven't heard anything cognitive from you about any of these issues, nor have you taken the mic and expressed them. So, as I have asked the current mayor repeatedly, set the stage and the time, open the debate, and show me with fact and documentation where I have been wrong on ANY issue that I have spoken out about. The current mayor has yet to do that although he has been given numerous opportunities by the media, and I have a feeling that neither will you.

Best of luck to you and Hillary.