Re: The Dead Thread: Yep. Still Dead.
And, obviously, Kepler is much more knowledgeable on how Ford did things than SteveP is.
Hezbollah, too.
Ford was a meathead, but the constituent service model is exactly how you are supposed to win votes for local yokel seats, so fair f-cks to him. He seems to have just ridden suburban resentment of urban areas to the mayoralty, and he wouldn't be the first. Doesn't work above the level of local precinct poobah, because at a certain point you get disparate constituents and you have to either compromise or pick winners and losers. Ford did the latter, with a vengeance, so ef him.
And, obviously, Kepler is much more knowledgeable on how Ford did things than SteveP is.