PRICE FOR MAYOR! TOP REASONS off the top of my head!

[TomH755]

1. Price states he wants to be a leader/CEO for Maricopa.  Price boldly accepted the job during the debate.
Diedrich states he is only one of seven votes and that's it.  He doesn't see it as a leader opportunity.  He stated that in the debate.  Even the city code says the Mayor is the CEO, but Carl indicated he has no more influence than the average councilmember.

2. Price goes to local Economic Development summits where companies who are interested in investing in Maricopa come to talk with the city, on his own time.  Price indicated that he is excited to go to the regional Economic Development Conventions to excite developers to come to Maricopa.
Diedrich hasn't attended a local summit, or even a regional summit, even though his expenses would be covered by the city.  He hasn't even attended the conferences in San Diego or Las Vegas where he has the opportunity to excite thousands of developer about Maricopa.

3. Price has listed all of his expenses and 'in-kind' donations properly on his campaign financial statements.
Diedrich has chosen not to be transparent on how his ads were paid for that have been in the Communicator.  Why?

4. Price was the leader who brought the ACC to Maricopa to hear from residents on the Global Water issue.
Diedrich sat on his hands and has personally said he can't do anything to help in that issue.  He said that again at the debate, that there is very little he can do on this issue.  He's already declared it a loss.

5.Price wants to interact with the community personally as much as possible.  Price says he is excited about the town halls.  Diedrich says he is the Communication candidate, however he has never attend a Town Hall in his 4 years.

6. Price has finished many projects withiin his HOA and within Maricopa. He wouldn't stop until the ACC was here to listen to us on Global water.   Diedrich can't keep appointments, can't finish projects that he's responsible for. His own wife has indicated that he can't keep his own calendar.

Come on now, who will do Maricopa the best?  PRICE FOR MAYOR!

[Fat Girl]

Price demonstrated complete ignorance of the City of Maricopa's Strategic plan, when asked by Candidate Diedrich at the debate to name 2 or 3 specific items from the Strategic plan and his position on those items.

He gave a long rambling non-answer about being able to calculate and financially plan .....nothing to do with the question at all.

Then followed up with the laughable answer of helping commuters by converting city vehicles to CNG...just like Mr. Price's...again completely missing the question and answering randomly.

When discussing the budget, Price acted like he was "going to reinvent the wheel" by starting at zero...completely unawarethe council had allready been using that approach.

Based on Price apparent lack of knowledge of the job of Mayor...and city goverment workings, it is clear he is not doing his homework...

Which fits a pattern in light of his failure 2 times to pass a Series 66 exam for FINRA...part of his own professional licensing....

Ambition is great,but follow thru...not so much. We know you are all his friends...but think hard...this Price is far to costly.

[The Nag]

Fat Girl,

You have mentioned Price's answer about gas prices and commuters a number of times.

I was sitting behind you at the debate and saw your reaction to the question being asked. I wondered if it was yours.

It was a stupid question.

When all of us moved to Maricopa we knew that we were moving to a city that would require a commute. Maricopa is a rural location surround largely by Indian land that will not, in all probability, ever be developed. I like it like that.

To me, anything we get here in Maricopa is gravy. Any restaurants, stores, commerce, entertainment, etc. I appreciate it all but do not EXPECT it.

I moved here knowing I was moving to a small town and that there would be disadvantages to that that include the cost of gas if I work in town or for the times I went there to shop or for any other reason.

What sort of answer would you have imagined Christian or Carl could give to this question? They do not control or influence the cost of gas here or anywhere else. You made the choice to move to Maricopa, you knew it would require a commute.

What about Chandler residents that work in North Phoenix? Should they be asking their mayor what he is going to do about their gas expenses related to their commute? No. Move closer to where you work or come to terms with the fact that you are going to have to pay more for your commute if gas prices do go up.

[Chunk]

You are correct Nag, since neither Carl or Christian is on the board of OPEC, they cant do anything about fuel prices.  Most people know that only oil companies and people on the other side of the Atlantic control fuel prices.

The question was, and I may not be totally exact word for word, but something like, "With gas approaching four dollars a gallon, and most people working in the valley, why should someone want to live here?"

My take on that is two fold:

1 . If someone is going to make the continuing investment to commute, what makes Maricopa a better place to live than somewhere close to work in the valley?

2 . What can you as a mayor do about bringing some of the high quality jobs from the valley down here?

The fuel part was just thrown in as a reason to ask the question, not the meat of the question itself.

Its like if I walked into a hairdresser in Houston and said, "With humidity approaching 80% most days, what can I do to keep my hair from flying all over the place?"  I wouldnt expect an answer about the science of global weather patterns.  I believe she refers to this question often because it is the most off-topic response he gave at the debate.

[Thomasmagnum]

It was a stupid question.

Perhaps to those who did not understand the question in its entirety.

Even if it was a stupid question it doesn't really excuse an absurd, out of context answer about converting city vehicles to natural gas.
That is like asking for advice on how to save money at the grocery store, and someone answering that the self-checkout lanes save labor costs for the store.

Carl was at least able to answer contextually discussing how he planned to attract more  jobs to the city by making it easier to do business in Maricopa

[The Nag]

That absolutely was not the way the question was asked. Does anyone have it recorded or is there a transcript? It was more to the effect of "What are you as mayor going to do for Maricopa Commuters about gas prices going up to $4?"

Christian's answer made no sense at all but I didn't fault him for it since such dumb question might have thrown me off my game too.

[Thomasmagnum]

With gas prices nearing $5,and many residents commuting...What solutions can you offer those residents to help them continue to make Maricopa a home?

Doesn't seem like it was asking them what they would do about gas prices. Hence my comment about not understanding the question.

[Pet Social Worker]

That absolutely was not the way the question was asked. Does anyone have it recorded or is there a transcript? It was more to the effect of "What are you as mayor going to do for Maricopa Commuters about gas prices going up to $4?"

Christian's answer made no sense at all but I didn't fault him for it since such dumb question might have thrown me off my game too.

Correct me if I'm wrong Nag (and I didn't see you there but I wish I did  ) but I think the questions was something like:

' WITH GAS PRICES REACHING NEAR $4/GALLON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO MARICOPA AND TO NOT MOVE OTHER PLACES.....'   or something like that.  I think the $4/gallon part of it was anecdotal to make a point about commutes into and out of town and Maricopa being a bedroom community. 

[Fat Girl]

You are correct. I paid close attention, as a commuter this matters to me a great deal.

This question was during the candidate question segment.

[Chunk]

Fat Girl,

You have mentioned Price's answer about gas prices and commuters a number of times.

I was sitting behind you at the debate and saw your reaction to the question being asked. I wondered if it was yours.

It was a stupid question.

I know youve said youre behind Carl, but really?

[Fat Girl]

Maybe she just thinks I am stupid, or was just eavesdropping and heard me say I had a question that got asked...whatever



BTW

I did have a question I wrote asked during the audience written question segment. The first question in fact. It concerned attracting new business, supporting exisitng business and the candidates plans to do so....

Since the moderator selected it, I reckon it wasn't too dumb a question....

[TomH755]

Price demonstrated complete ignorance of the City of Maricopa's Strategic plan, when asked by Candidate Diedrich at the debate to name 2 or 3 specific items from the Strategic plan and his position on those items.

Then followed up with the laughable answer of helping commuters by converting city vehicles to CNG...just like Mr. Price's...again completely missing the question and answering randomly.

When discussing the budget, Price acted like he was "going to reinvent the wheel" by starting at zero...completely unawarethe council had allready been using that approach.

Based on Price apparent lack of knowledge of the job of Mayor...and city goverment workings, it is clear he is not doing his homework...

Which fits a pattern in light of his failure 2 times to pass a Series 66 exam for FINRA...part of his own professional licensing....

Ambition is great,but follow thru...not so much. We know you are all his friends...but think hard...this Price is far to costly.

1st, let's give Fatgirl applause, because she really wants to be know as the one who can quote Price's bad answer on natural gas and his misunderstanding of the question.  I gladly give that to you.

But, can we stay on topic of the important issues.  Price was able to grasp the role of the Mayor.  Diedrich's been on council for 4 years and still hasn't grasped it.

And really?  You're going to copy my take on Diedrich not following through?  Can you come up with something on your own?

[TomH755]

1. Price states he wants to be a leader/CEO for Maricopa.  Price boldly accepted the job during the debate.
Diedrich states he is only one of seven votes and that's it.  He doesn't see it as a leader opportunity.  He stated that in the debate.  Even the city code says the Mayor is the CEO, but Carl indicated he has no more influence than the average councilmember.

2. Price goes to local Economic Development summits where companies who are interested in investing in Maricopa come to talk with the city, on his own time.  Price indicated that he is excited to go to the regional Economic Development Conventions to excite developers to come to Maricopa.
Diedrich hasn't attended a local summit, or even a regional summit, even though his expenses would be covered by the city.  He hasn't even attended the conferences in San Diego or Las Vegas where he has the opportunity to excite thousands of developer about Maricopa.

3. Price has listed all of his expenses and 'in-kind' donations properly on his campaign financial statements.
Diedrich has chosen not to be transparent on how his ads were paid for that have been in the Communicator.  Why?

4. Price was the leader who brought the ACC to Maricopa to hear from residents on the Global Water issue.
Diedrich sat on his hands and has personally said he can't do anything to help in that issue.  He said that again at the debate, that there is very little he can do on this issue.  He's already declared it a loss.

5.Price wants to interact with the community personally as much as possible.  Price says he is excited about the town halls.  Diedrich says he is the Communication candidate, however he has never attend a Town Hall in his 4 years.

6. Price has finished many projects withiin his HOA and within Maricopa. He wouldn't stop until the ACC was here to listen to us on Global water.   Diedrich can't keep appointments, can't finish projects that he's responsible for. His own wife has indicated that he can't keep his own calendar.

7. Price picks a direction and sticks with it.  He's proven that in his work at the HOA.  Diedrich is a flip flop.  He flip flopped on the cell tower.  He also fiipflopped on transportation, he said during the debate that he flipflopped on that issue.  He even flipflopped on his own political party.  Just a couple years ago he was democrat, then he went to Independent, and now Republican.  What is he?  Doesn't he only go where the votes are?  Or does he stand for anything?

8. Price supports small business and new business.  He's been out talking to the businesses in Maricopa.  He attended the Chamber of Commerce Business awards.  Diedrich was a 'no show'.  Diedrich says he's going to do business round tables, but he can't even show up at the table for our Chamber.

9.  Price wants to do a Zero based budget.  For those not in the Finance world, there are two definitions of zero based budget.  One is to have a zero delta at the bottom line.  The 2nd is to start from scratch, Zero.  Price wants to start from scratch.  Now Diedrich would have you believe they've already done that, but only found 30k or so to cut.  Does that sound like a polititian or what?

Come on now, who will do Maricopa the best?  PRICE FOR MAYOR!

#7, #8, #9 added above.

[TomH755]

#10 If Price has an idea for something that will better Maricopa, he's going to go for it.  Diedrich has these 'so called' initiatives but held onto them for 4 years?  What's that all about?  We need a mayor and council who has ideas, brings them forward, and ensures that the city employees look into it and get it done, if approved.  Where has Diedrich been for the last 4 years?

Come on people, get real!  PRICE IS THE MAN FOR OUR MAYOR!

[Baddeye]

I have not yet decided either way, in fact I've been pretty out of the loop thus far...

But why does it seem like everyone who comes here spamming/rooting for Price is a troll?