You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator. -Dick Murphy

 

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.


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I don't think we ever had before the Council discussion of the sewer cost of service study, you know, at a public meeting, ... We talked about it informally, you know, but not in front of the council.

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You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

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It took a long time for me to convince my staff people to leave me unscheduled from 2:00 to 4:00 everyday. And I need to do that as mayor. I need to schedule accessibility time. -Dick Murphy
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You know, it's almost human nature. If you give me a gift, I feel indebted to you... assuming it's a substantial gift.

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I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically prepared to walk away from the job after four years. It's the only way that you cannot be influenced by those special interests.

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I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials. -Dick Murphy
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I don't care if you're good or not. You don't always have a corner on perfection. And you need people to challenge what you're suggesting.

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