It's very difficult to be constantly in a position where people are critical - and not understanding always all the information that goes into making a decision.

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The time that we spend on city council reading and talking and discussing issues is something that most people wouldn't be aware of.

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I'll go out in studying an issue and talk to the people involved and the people who are impacted - to try to understand all sides of the issue. When you take into consideration the amount of time that is spent on doing that, I'm compensated pennies on the hour.

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And then everybody jumps on that bandwagon. And it was not the truth, even. So I took a lot of heat over something that wasn't presented accurately.

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It's hard to take criticism like this when you're out here doing the best that you can.

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