Statements of the elected mayor (Not direct quotes):  

1.  Bring people together and get advice from prominent citizens.  (Means rule of the wealthy behind the scene PBs).  Maybe compromise to the point of surrendering principles. 

2.  The school system will get what they need. (What that means is that taxes will be raised to give the school system what they need/want.  You see, if the school system wants it, then it is a need and must be funded).  Think about the funding over the last 8 years, has the sky fallen on Chicken Little’s head?  No, it has not. Each year we funded the System IAW the State Law mandates. So it is clear, that all that bull that we heard year after year about the school system being grossly under-funded was just that – bull.