Who will save the raft? by Patrick Dobson

Newspaper columnists, power brokers (through their political clubs), and radio commentators have framed the terms of conversation and language of the Kansas City mayor’s race. But the future of our town — whether it remains a big-city wannabe or becomes a forward thinking, compassionate home for all its residents — hinges upon us, as voters and residents, determining who would best serve us.

Not big business. Not commerce and finance over people. Not political suck-ups who want more room at the public trough. But us — the people who make a city work despite the fortunes of its big players.

For this reason, it might be a good idea to take a slightly different approach to judging which of the candidates, 12 in all, is best to take leadership of our city.

So, let’s set the candidates in a raft we’ll call Kansas City. We’ll put that raft on the ocean and see what happens. By the way, there are two actual Kansas Citians in the raft with the candidates:

more . . . (this is an excellent assessment of the mayoral candidates)

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