YNN, the news service of local Time-Warner cable, is broadcasting interviews with the candidates for Killeen City offices, starting with the 16 running for the 3 at-large places on city council. I thank them for it. It's more than other news outlets are doing, even though candidates get only about a minute to make their points.
I'll be blogging about each segment. Tonight, after corned beef and cabbage (my wife makes good corned beef and cabbage), I caught Jared Foster and Abe Amir. Neither is one of the usual subjects. Jared grew up in Killeen and returned to work at Power Sports. He's a young but well-spoken man who comes across as friendly and reasonable. In this snippet, he gets extra points for mentioning "civil discourse", something I hope all candidates will adopt as a principle. I don't know anything about Abe Amir, and I don't know what restaurant he managed, but he presented himself fairly well. Certainly his idea that better communication is needed between the Council and the people of Killeen is something lots of people can get behind.
Foster has a campaign web site with a video on which he does not come across as well. He's also on Facebook.
I can't find any online information for Mr. Amir. I encourage him to get a web presence quickly if he's serious about his candidacy.
This YNN segment is a good start for both candidates. Neither is a front-runner, in my opinion, but there's a lot of time between now and the election, and both of them could gain ground be stressing the issues they mention in the video. Both of them, however, are going to have to answer convincingly questions about how their limited backgrounds help them understand city issues and deal with the conflicting priorities that characterize city government.
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