Who would you choose? A candidate with many years of experience in city management who has written million-dollar grants or one who has few years of experience in the field and no apparent grant writing experience.
Four members of our assembly chose the latter. When assembly member Kevin Forster asked them to explain how they could make such a choice, assembly member Mark Smith listed 14 attributes, including “unstoppable, honest, adventurous, energetic and uncompromising integrity.”