It feels like it’s been forever since Election Day, and I apologize for not writing sooner. But I did want to take a moment to say thank you and tell you all how incredibly grateful I am to have taken this amazing journey with you this past year. I have been simply overwhelmed by the outpouring of support you all have sent my way since our loss. Your wonderful messages and kind words have made our defeat much more bearable.
Read MoreI am deeply grateful to Future 901 for encouraging my candidacy and then supporting me when I chose to run. I started the race hoping to bring a physician’s perspective to our council; i.e., listening, thinking and then making a diagnosis and plan. I promised to be flexible and willing to change course as new facts and conditions arose. That was the gist of my candidacy. Early in the race I heard a compelling interview with a professor from Harvard who had studied how communities can lower violent crime rates, especially murder rates.
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