I showed up last night for support, but ended up getting wrangled into being one of the speed-daters by the very convincing Amy Ruiz. I’m glad I did. Everybody should hang out with their nominees for a 90-second interval. Now, come and live vicariously through me as I succinctly recall my 40-minute speed-date experience with all the various candidates:

City Commissioner Seat # 1

Amanda Fritz was just as awesome as I thought she’d be.
Bissonnette = class act.
Chris Smith was really sick and didn’t want to shake hands.
Charles Lewis admitted that he looked like 60s-era Dustin Hoffman.

City Commissioner Seat # 2

Ed Garren was the funniest person of the night. I don’t even remember what we talked about. He likes the movie Braveheart.
Middaugh was very glad to not discuss politics with me.
Harold C. Williams II and I disagreed on which Outkast album was the best. He said Atliens, I said Aquemini. Then we just agreed that the first four were amazing.

City Commissioner Seat # 4

Randy Leonard had the strut of someone who’s already won it. He was very easy to chat with. He’s learning how to sail.
Emily Ryan has a good sense of humor.
Martha Perez has braces.

Mayor

I want James Lee to be my grandpa. Alison Hallett agrees with me.
Sam Adams has got that 'intent stare' down. He’s also as nice and intelligent as you'd expect him to be.
Beryl McNair was astoundingly awkward. She likes Gone With the Wind.
Craig Gier likes zombie movies; has never seen Alien.
Kyle Burris is in on the joke.

Beyond that, everybody else just sort of blended together, sorry middle-aged white dudes.

You’ll notice I’m not too policy-obsessed. Arts intern, folks.