Category: The First Ward Report

Per the title, my favorite all-time docuseries is The Day the Universe Changed with James Burke. It first aired on PBS almost 38 years ago

And now for something completely different! – Monty Python Without fail, I wake up every morning with a song dancing through my upper cranial reaches.

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the mayor. The bad news is, now you’re the mayor. – Clint

The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it. – Mark Twain Convinced that revered reader Vicky W. has been waiting for this

Mayors are like fish; they’re only good for two terms. – Mark Twain (kind of) For any man, woman, or child to serve 44 years

A few stipulations before we proceed! First, though there are no guarantees, I’ll do my best to keep the “fuckers” and “motherfuckers” to a minimum,

We still have quite a bit to cover so let’s get right to it. 4. Messaging 3 – The I’m not the other guy strategy

If it was a local campaign I would’ve seen the signs, but Trump was going so far off the deep end – even for him

Though my predictions generally rang true and my reputation for getting local candidates elected – with “a little help from my friends” – remains secure,

The candidacy of Donald Trump is the open sewer of American conservatism. – Conservative Columnist Bret Stephens We’ll save the column on how, like their