1 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:03,770 >> WITH THE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT TAKING SHAPE AT CITY 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:05,806 HALL AND EVERY SEAT UP FOR GRABS, 3 00:00:05,806 --> 00:00:07,941 AUSTIN VOTERS ELECTED TWO NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ON NOVEMBER 4 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:10,577 4TH AND SENT 16 COUNCIL CANDIDATES, 5 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:13,614 PLUS TWO VYING FOR AUSTIN MAYOR, TO RUNOFF ELECTIONS. 6 00:00:13,614 --> 00:00:15,949 TONIGHT, BEYOND THE RHETORIC. 7 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:18,318 WE ASK THE REMAINING CANDIDATES WHAT MAKES THEM THE RIGHT PERSON 8 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:20,787 TO LEAD THEIR DISTRICT AND OUR CITY. 9 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:38,272 [MUSIC]. 10 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:40,140 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 11 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:42,376 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 12 00:00:42,376 --> 00:00:45,178 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION. 13 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:47,414 AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE, 14 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:49,516 PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS EMPLOYERS. 15 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:55,722 [MUSIC]. 16 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:58,292 >> HELLO, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR CIVIC SUMMIT CITY COUNCIL 17 00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:01,895 RUNOFF CONVERSATION DISTRICT 6, A JOINT PRODUCTION OF KLRU, 18 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:05,232 LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, KUT, AND THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 19 00:01:05,232 --> 00:01:06,867 CIVIC LIFE. 20 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:09,569 I'M MICHAEL KANIN, PUBLISHER OF "THE AUSTIN MONITOR." FOR THE 21 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:11,672 NEXT HALF HOUR, WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE CANDIDATES FROM 22 00:01:11,672 --> 00:01:13,674 DISTRICT 6, JIMMY FLANNIGAN AND DON ZIMMERMAN. 23 00:01:13,674 --> 00:01:15,976 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION, 24 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:19,680 PLEASE JOIN US ON TWITTER USING #CIVICSUMMITD6. 25 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:24,251 DISTRICT 6 ENCOMPASSES THE EDGE OF NORTHWEST AUSTIN TOWARD CEDAR 26 00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:26,153 PARK AND EAST OF THE TRAVIS/WILLIAMSON COUNTY LINE. 27 00:01:26,153 --> 00:01:29,256 DISTRICT 6 IS PRIMARILY ANGLO, WITH MOST OF THE POPULATION 28 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,959 RANGING FROM 24 TO 34 YEARS OLD. 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,994 THE DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN POPULATION, 30 00:01:33,994 --> 00:01:35,996 AND IS THE HOME OF SEVERAL TECH SITES, 31 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:38,265 INCLUDING 3M'S DEVELOPMENT PLANT. 32 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:41,368 TO MY LEFT IS JIMMY FLANNIGAN. 33 00:01:41,368 --> 00:01:44,604 JIMMY HAS LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE HE WAS A STUDENT AT THE 34 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:46,773 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 35 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:48,775 WHILE HE -- WHILE STILL A STUDENT, 36 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,777 HE STARTED A BUSINESS CALLED SITE STREET, 37 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:52,779 WHICH HELPED STUDENTS ORGANIZATIONS BUILD THEIR 38 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:53,780 WEBSITES. 39 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,782 HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION. 40 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:57,784 RUNNING AGAINST HIM, DON ZIMMERMAN. 41 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,785 DON HAS A B.S. 42 00:01:58,785 --> 00:01:59,786 AND M.S. 43 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:01,788 IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A&M. 44 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,790 HE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 CANYON CREEK SINCE 2000, 45 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,792 AND FOUNDED THE TRAVIS COUNTY TAXPAYERS' UNION IN 2002. 46 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,794 OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT WILL FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP, 47 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:09,363 CONSIDER THIS A JOB INTERVIEW. 48 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:11,698 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT SKILLS AND QUALITIES YOU WOULD BRING TO 49 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:12,699 AUSTIN CITY HALL. 50 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:15,235 THE DISCUSSION IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED IN AN OFFICIAL DEBATE 51 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:18,205 MANNER, BUT WE ARE ASKING CANDIDATES TO BE RESPECTFUL OF 52 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:20,841 EACH OTHER'S TIME AND LIMIT THEIR ANSWERS TO ABOUT A MINUTE. 53 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:23,510 THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH WE SHARED WITH BOTH OF YOU 54 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:27,948 CANDIDATES BEFORE TONIGHT, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF 55 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:29,950 OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS OF CAMPAIGNING THAT WILL HELP YOU 56 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:30,951 GOVERN? 57 00:02:30,951 --> 00:02:31,952 JIMMY, YOU'RE FIRST. 58 00:02:31,952 --> 00:02:33,954 >> WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'VE LEARNED -- WHAT I'VE CERTAINLY 59 00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:37,891 LEARNED IS HAVING LIVED IN DISTRICT 6 NEARLY MY WHOLE ADULT 60 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:41,695 LIFE, AND AT THE SAME TIME WORKING ACROSS THE CITY FOR A 61 00:02:41,695 --> 00:02:45,098 VARIETY OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED HOW DISTRICT 6 IS 62 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:47,200 THE SAME AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT. 63 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,203 AND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT DISTRICT 6 USES DIFFERENT 64 00:02:50,203 --> 00:02:52,639 LANGUAGE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, 65 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,640 IT'S THE SAME ISSUE. 66 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:56,877 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF BATTLES THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE GOING TO 67 00:02:56,877 --> 00:02:57,878 COME. 68 00:02:57,878 --> 00:03:00,847 AND ULTIMATELY -- YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE SAID THIS TO FOLKS ALL 69 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:03,784 OVER THE DISTRICT, IF WE WALK INTO CITY HALL WITH OUR FISTS 70 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:07,254 CLENCHED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING SOLVED IN DISTRICT 6. 71 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:09,389 IF WE FOCUS ON THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT, 72 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:10,390 WE'LL GET NOTHING. 73 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:12,392 WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE WAYS THAT WE'RE THE SAME. 74 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:14,394 AND THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ISSUES. 75 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,496 CERTAINLY, TRAFFIC IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE FACE IN 76 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:19,299 DISTRICT 6, AND I'VE SPENT MANY, MANY YEARS WORKING ON THAT ISSUE 77 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:21,301 THROUGH THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 78 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:24,204 AND -- AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ISSUES 79 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:26,039 ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE CITY. 80 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,543 AND THE DECADE THAT I'VE SPENT THROUGH THE GAY AND LESBIAN 81 00:03:29,543 --> 00:03:31,545 CHAMBER, THROUGH THE AUSTIN CHAMBER, 82 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,547 THROUGH THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION, 83 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,882 BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, THAT THOSE TOOLS BECOME VERY 84 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:39,486 VALUABLE WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THOSE OTHER FIVE VOTES. 85 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:42,322 YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS DON'T OFTEN GET DOWN TO CITY 86 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:43,323 HALL. 87 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:44,324 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 88 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:46,493 I CALL IT A GOOD CITIZEN TAX IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE, 89 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:50,130 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT A SITTING -- A SINGLE 90 00:03:50,130 --> 00:03:53,366 COUNCILMEMBER ISN'T A PRESIDENT, THEY DON'T GET TO BY FIAT MAKE 91 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,836 DECISIONS IN OR OUT OF THE DISTRICT. 92 00:03:55,836 --> 00:03:57,838 YOU HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO COLLABORATE, 93 00:03:57,838 --> 00:03:59,840 YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE COALITIONS, 94 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,842 AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE SPENT MY LIFE'S WORK DOING. 95 00:04:01,842 --> 00:04:02,843 >> OKAY. 96 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:03,844 THANK YOU. 97 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:04,845 DON? 98 00:04:04,845 --> 00:04:06,847 >> I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO LEARN WHEN YOU'RE A 99 00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:08,849 CANDIDATE IS IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 100 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:10,851 SO WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR DISTRICT 6, 101 00:04:10,851 --> 00:04:12,853 TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAVE, 102 00:04:12,853 --> 00:04:14,855 IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT ME PERSONALLY. 103 00:04:14,855 --> 00:04:17,023 I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. 104 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:19,893 AND MY LEADERSHIP STYLE WILL BE CENTERED AROUND THAT. 105 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:24,264 WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF MY MUD, WE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH 106 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,265 THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 107 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,701 A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME BEFORE ME IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, 108 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,703 THEY TRIED TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS, 109 00:04:29,703 --> 00:04:32,472 THEY TRIED TO MEDIATE, THEY TRIED TO REASON TOGETHER, 110 00:04:32,472 --> 00:04:33,507 AND NONE OF THAT WORKED. 111 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:36,042 AND WHEN I GOT ELECTED AS MY MUD PRESIDENT, 112 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:38,745 IT BECAME OBVIOUS TO ME AS AN ENGINEER AND A PROBLEM-SOLVER 113 00:04:38,745 --> 00:04:40,747 THAT WE NEEDED TO GO TO LITIGATION. 114 00:04:40,747 --> 00:04:43,150 WE NEEDED TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. 115 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:46,153 SO I THINK MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED TALKING TO 116 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:48,155 SO MANY RESIDENTS, I THINK I CAN DO VERY, 117 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:51,691 VERY WELL IN DISTRICT 6 BECAUSE I FOCUS NOT ON POLITICAL 118 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:54,828 RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ON FIDELITY TO THE RULE OF LAW. 119 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:55,829 >> OKAY. 120 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:57,831 I THINK THAT LENDS IN PERFECTLY TO THE NEXT QUESTION. 121 00:04:57,831 --> 00:05:00,534 DON, THERE'S A TONE OF UNCOMPROMISINGNESS -- NOT A 122 00:05:00,534 --> 00:05:04,271 WORD, UNCOMPROMISING ON A WILLING -- A LACK OF WILLINGNESS 123 00:05:04,271 --> 00:05:05,272 TO COMPROMISE THERE. 124 00:05:05,272 --> 00:05:07,674 AND THIS ELECTION SEASON HAS BEEN NO DIFFERENT, 125 00:05:07,674 --> 00:05:10,143 SORT OF GOING BACK OVER YOUR HISTORY. 126 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:14,614 FOR YOU, DO THE CONCEPTS OF LEADERSHIP AND MITIGATION MIX? 127 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:15,749 >> ABSOLUTELY. 128 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:16,750 ABSOLUTELY. 129 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:20,787 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF MEDIATION CASES, OF COURSE. 130 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:24,424 BUT LET ME ASK -- MAYBE I CAN PUT OUT A SIMPLE CASE OF WHAT I 131 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:27,694 MEAN BY COMPROMISE AND HOW THAT IS A BAD WORD. 132 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:31,331 IMAGINE, HOW FRUSTRATED OUR PEOPLE WOULD BE IF ONE OF OUR 133 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,333 CITIZENS CALLED THE POLICE AND SAID, 134 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:34,334 I HAVE A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS. 135 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:35,335 POLICE COME OVER. 136 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:37,304 POLICEMAN LOOKS AT THE ROBBER, POLICEMAN LOOKS AT THE 137 00:05:37,304 --> 00:05:39,973 HOMEOWNER, HE SAYS TELL YOU WHAT? 138 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:41,174 LET'S HAVE A COMPROMISE. 139 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:44,211 THE ROBBER TAKES HALF OF YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU KEEP HALF. 140 00:05:44,211 --> 00:05:45,545 COMPROMISE. 141 00:05:45,545 --> 00:05:47,614 AND I WOULD SAY TO THAT, THAT'S NOT A COMPROMISE, 142 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:50,250 THAT'S AN OUTRAGE, BECAUSE THERE'S A VIOLATION OF THE RULE 143 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,251 OF LAW. 144 00:05:51,251 --> 00:05:54,154 SO WHAT I SEEK TO DO IS IF THERE'S -- WHEN THERE ARE GRAY 145 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:56,156 AREAS, BECAUSE THERE ALWAYS ARE. 146 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:59,459 WHEN THERE ARE GRAY AREAS, LET'S ASK, WHY IS THIS AREA GRAY? 147 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,461 LET'S SEEK FOR THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, 148 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,463 AND LET'S SEE HOW THE RULE OF LAW APPLIES, 149 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:04,464 AND LET'S APPLY IT FAIRLY. 150 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:05,465 >> OKAY. 151 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:08,068 JIMMY, DON'S VICTORY MAY HAVE BEEN SLIM, BUT THERE IT IS. 152 00:06:08,068 --> 00:06:10,570 AND A BASELINE ARGUMENT MIGHT START WITH THE IDEA THAT AT 153 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:12,772 LEAST ONE QUARTER OF THE POPULATION OF YOUR DISTRICT ARE 154 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:14,774 CALLING FOR HIS STYLE OF LEADERSHIP. 155 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,776 IF ELECTED, HOW WOULD YOU REPRESENT THAT SEGMENT OF THE 156 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:17,744 POPULATION? 157 00:06:17,744 --> 00:06:20,080 >> WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE 15, 158 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,017 000 VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE DID NOT REACH 15, 159 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,119 000 VOTERS AS CANDIDATES. 160 00:06:26,119 --> 00:06:28,855 THERE WERE SMALL FORUMS, THERE WERE -- YOU KNOW, AT MOST, 161 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:30,857 200 PEOPLE SHOWING UP TO A FORUM. 162 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:32,859 AND THE FOLKS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE 163 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:35,195 VOTED FOR OTHER CANDIDATES BESIDES MYSELF HAVE SINCE 164 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:38,932 APOLOGIZED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE 165 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:39,933 CANDIDATES. 166 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:42,636 AND ONCE THEY DID, ONCE THEY LOOKED INTO MY LEADERSHIP STYLE 167 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:45,405 AND MY LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND THOSE OF MY OPPONENTS, 168 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:48,441 THEY'VE PULLED YARD SIGNS OUT, THEY'VE PROMISED TO VOTE IN THAT 169 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:51,044 WAY IN THE RUNOFF, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU CAN'T GOVERN BY 170 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:52,112 LAWSUIT. 171 00:06:52,112 --> 00:06:53,513 IT'S NOT A REALISTIC APPROACH. 172 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:57,250 YOU CAN'T SUE APD IN ORDER TO FIX A PROPERTY KIND OF PROBLEM, 173 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:59,886 AND YOU CAN'T SUE LCRA TO FILL THE LAKES AND YOU CAN'T SUE 174 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:01,354 TXDOT TO BUILD A ROAD. 175 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:02,355 >> OKAY. 176 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:04,357 I WANT TO PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT ON IT, 177 00:07:04,357 --> 00:07:06,893 BECAUSE YOU'RE SUGGESTING -- YOU DIDN'T QUITE ANSWER THE 178 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:07,894 QUESTION. 179 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:09,996 IF ELECTED, HOW WOULD YOU REPRESENT THE LEADER -- THE 180 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:10,997 PORTION -- >> SURE. 181 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:12,999 >> -- OF THE POPULATION -- >> SURE. 182 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:15,001 WELL, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE THAT WENT TO EVERY 183 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:17,003 FORUM, RESPONDED TO EVERY QUESTIONNAIRE, 184 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:18,004 WENT TO EVERY MEETING. 185 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:20,440 I WENT TO PARTISAN ONES, ISSUE ONES, NEIGHBORHOOD ONES, 186 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,576 AND AT EVERY SINGLE POINT, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT I HAVE 187 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:26,746 NOT ONLY THE SKILLS -- THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ISSUES THAT WE 188 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:29,582 FACE AT CITY HALL, BUT THE SKILLS TO ACTUALLY BRING RESULTS 189 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:30,717 TO DISTRICT 6. 190 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:33,253 AND I HAVE SUPPORTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PARTISAN DIVIDE, 191 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:35,822 I HAVE ENDORSEMENTS FROM GROUPS THAT CONTRADICT THE OTHER 192 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:36,823 GROUPS. 193 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:39,392 BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT ME TO 194 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:42,195 SAY, WELL, DOES HE AGREE WITH ME; IT'S THEY LOOK AT ME TO SAY, 195 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:45,565 THAT'S THE GUY WHO CAN GET STUFF DONE AND WE CAN WORK WITH HIM. 196 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:46,566 >> OKAY. 197 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:48,568 NEXT QUESTION, SORT OF ALONG THE SAME THING. 198 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:50,570 THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THIS INCUMBENT COUNCIL WILL PLAY A 199 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:52,806 HOST TO A WIDER VARIETY OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAN HAS BEEN 200 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:53,807 ON COUNCIL BEFORE. 201 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:55,909 HOW WILL YOU WORK WITH YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT THE 202 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:57,077 BODY ISN'T SIDETRACKED? 203 00:07:57,077 --> 00:07:58,078 JIMMY? 204 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:00,080 >> WELL, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISANSHIP. 205 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,082 AND I HAVE, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, 206 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:04,451 MADE IT CLEAR THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING PARTISAN 207 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:05,452 GAMES. 208 00:08:05,452 --> 00:08:08,088 I'M NOT INTERESTED IN -- IN PICKING A SIDE. 209 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:10,724 CITY ISSUES ARE NONPARTISAN ISSUES. 210 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:13,493 THERE IS NOT REPUBLICAN TRAFFIC OR DEMOCRATIC TRAFFIC. 211 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:16,329 THERE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE LAKE AND A LIBERAL LAKE. 212 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:18,331 THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE ALL SHARE. 213 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:20,667 AND THE SOLUTIONS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ARE THE SAME. 214 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:23,336 YOU TAKE ANDERSON OLD ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISTRICT, 215 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:25,338 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR POLITICAL PARTY IS, 216 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:27,707 YOU'RE TIRED THAT ONLY HALF OF IT'S BEEN FIXED. 217 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:30,143 AND THE HALF CLOSEST TO 183 HASN'T BEEN UPDATED LIKE THE 218 00:08:30,143 --> 00:08:31,144 OTHER ENDS OF THAT ROAD. 219 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:33,847 AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT 220 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,849 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PARTISANSHIP, 221 00:08:35,849 --> 00:08:37,884 AND THAT'S BEEN A COMMITMENT I'VE MADE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 222 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:38,885 THE RACE. 223 00:08:38,885 --> 00:08:41,287 IT'S WHY I ATTENDED REPUBLICAN FORUMS AND DEMOCRATIC FORUMS. 224 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,289 LIKE I SAID, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO DO THAT. 225 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:45,291 AND HOW -- THAT IS HOW I INTEND TO LEAD, 226 00:08:45,291 --> 00:08:48,094 WITH BRINGING IN ALL IDEAS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE IDEAS WE 227 00:08:48,094 --> 00:08:49,329 USE ARE THE BEST ONES. 228 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:50,764 >> DON, SAME QUESTION TO YOU. 229 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:53,566 >> WELL, I'M GOING TO BRING A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE VIEW. 230 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:56,102 I'VE KNOCKED ON MANY DOORS, AS HAS JIMMY. 231 00:08:56,102 --> 00:09:00,306 AND JIMMY'S RIGHT, TECHNICALLY, IT IS A NONPARTISAN RACE HERE, 232 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:03,443 BUT THE FACT IS WE DO HAVE SOME VIEWS THAT ARE DIVERGENT. 233 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:06,813 AND THERE ARE SOME MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. 234 00:09:06,813 --> 00:09:11,384 WE CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY LOWER PROPERTY TAXES AND ALSO INCREASE 235 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,385 THEM. 236 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:14,721 SO THE FISCAL CONSERVATIVES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBURBS, 237 00:09:14,721 --> 00:09:17,357 FEEL THEY'VE BEEN OVERTAXED, UNDERREPRESENTED. 238 00:09:17,357 --> 00:09:18,958 THEY NEED TAX RELIEF. 239 00:09:18,958 --> 00:09:20,960 TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT THE BUDGET AND LOWER 240 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:21,961 TAXES. 241 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:29,135 NOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE HAPPY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE 242 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:31,137 HAVE THAT WANT TAXES RAISED BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE SERVICES 243 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,138 OUT OF THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. 244 00:09:32,138 --> 00:09:34,140 SO, AGAIN, MY LEADERSHIP STYLE IS TO COME IN AND SAY LOOK, 245 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:36,142 WE DO LIVE -- WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRAT CITY, 246 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:37,143 THAT IS THE MAJORITY VOTE HERE. 247 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:39,245 AND THE DEMOCRAT POSITION HAS BEEN, FOR DECADES, 248 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:42,749 MORE REGULATION AND MORE TAXES, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT 249 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:45,385 FOR THE MINORITY OF NEW CITY COUNCILMEMBERS THAT ARE FISCAL 250 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:47,821 CONSERVATIVES, IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR THEM, 251 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:49,823 BUT I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT. 252 00:09:49,823 --> 00:09:52,392 ONE OF THE THINGS I PLAN TO DO IS FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION 253 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:55,562 PROBLEM AS AN ENGINEER IN WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY, 254 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:57,564 AND THAT CERTAINLY IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE. 255 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:58,565 >> OKAY. 256 00:09:58,565 --> 00:10:00,567 LET'S MOVE ON FROM THIS BASIC TOPIC. 257 00:10:00,567 --> 00:10:02,569 HERE'S A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. 258 00:10:02,569 --> 00:10:04,571 A DEVELOPER IS IN CONFLICT OVER A PROJECT WITHIN A LOCAL 259 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:05,572 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 260 00:10:05,572 --> 00:10:08,741 CITY STAFF PREFERS ONE SOLUTION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP PREFERS 261 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:09,742 ANOTHER. 262 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:12,212 WHAT SKILLS WILL YOU USE TO RESOLVE THIS AND ANY OTHER 263 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:14,447 CONFLICTS THAT WILL NO DOUBT ARISE BETWEEN COMPETING 264 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:15,448 INTERESTS? 265 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:16,449 DON, YOUR TURN TO GO FIRST. 266 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:19,319 >> GREAT QUESTION, BUT ONE PERSON THAT WAS LEFT OUT WAS THE 267 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:22,255 PERSON WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND WANTS TO DO THE 268 00:10:22,255 --> 00:10:23,256 PROJECT. 269 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:25,692 I THINK THE QUESTION WAS POSED BETWEEN THE BUREAUCRATIC 270 00:10:25,692 --> 00:10:28,061 INTEREST, RIGHT, AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT ARE 271 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:29,062 ALREADY THERE. 272 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:31,998 WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND HAS A PLAN AND 273 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:34,934 A GOAL TO DO A DEVELOPMENT, BUILD MORE HOUSES, BUSINESSES, 274 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:35,935 WHATEVER IT IS? 275 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:38,972 THIS IS SOMETHING WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T ANSWER IN A ONE-MINUTE 276 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:39,973 RESPONSE. 277 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:40,974 >> ALL RIGHT. 278 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,109 THEN YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MINUTE, PLEASE. 279 00:10:43,109 --> 00:10:46,880 >> BUT JUST TO SAY IDEOLOGICALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS 280 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,315 MORE RESPECT FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS. 281 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:53,119 AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU END UP WITH A DISCREPANCY OR A 282 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:55,221 CONFLICT IN PROPERTY RIGHTS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 283 00:10:55,221 --> 00:10:57,323 ALREADY LIVED THERE, THEY'VE LIVED UNDER ZONING, 284 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,792 THEY'VE BEEN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, 285 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,861 THEY HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION THE NEIGHBORHOOD 286 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,496 SHOULD STAY THAT WAY. 287 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,465 THEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF, SAY, 288 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:07,467 A DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN AND BUYS UP SOME LAND, WELL, 289 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:09,602 MAYBE HE WANTS TO CREATE SOME DENSITY, 290 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,604 HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE PROPERTY. 291 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:14,040 WELL, HE'S A PROPERTY OWNER, BUT SO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY 292 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,108 LIVE THERE. 293 00:11:15,108 --> 00:11:17,677 SO I SEE THE CITY'S ROLE, GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AND THE 294 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:20,446 JUDICIARY'S ROLE IN MEDIATING THESE DISPUTES. 295 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:24,484 HOW DO WE BALANCE THE DEMANDS, THE JUST DEMANDS BETWEEN 296 00:11:24,484 --> 00:11:27,453 PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE UNDER ZONING AND A NEW 297 00:11:27,453 --> 00:11:29,489 PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S BOUGHT PROPERTY WHO WANTS A DIFFERENT 298 00:11:29,489 --> 00:11:30,490 DEVELOPMENT. 299 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:32,892 THAT'S A MEDIATION EXERCISE, IN MY BOOK. 300 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:33,893 >> OKAY. 301 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,895 >> AND IT SHOULDN'T BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF UNELECTED 302 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:36,896 BUREAUCRATS. 303 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:37,864 >> OKAY. 304 00:11:37,864 --> 00:11:38,865 THANKS. 305 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:39,866 JIMMY? 306 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:42,235 >> WELL, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THIS IS ABOUT BEING PARTNERS. 307 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:44,604 THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOING INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS 308 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:45,738 ADVERSARIES. 309 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:47,941 AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT AT CITY HALL WHERE THE 310 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:50,410 DEFAULT POSITION BY STAFF, THE DEFAULT POSITION BY 311 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:52,912 NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEFAULT POSITION BY DEVELOPERS HAS BEEN 312 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:54,914 THIS IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT. 313 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,916 INSTEAD OF BEING PARTNERS, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, 314 00:11:56,916 --> 00:11:58,918 NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, 315 00:11:58,918 --> 00:11:59,919 GROWTH IS COMING. 316 00:11:59,919 --> 00:12:02,555 WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE ON THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT YOU 317 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:03,923 CAN STOP GROWTH. 318 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:04,924 YOU CAN'T STOP GROWTH. 319 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:06,926 YOU HAVE TO MANAGE IT, YOU HAVE TO PLAN IT, 320 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:08,962 AND YOU HAVE TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT. 321 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:11,798 OTHERWISE, WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS GROWTH IN LEANDER AND CEDAR 322 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:14,701 PARK AND ROUND ROCK, AND THEN THOSE PEOPLE DRIVING ON AUSTIN 323 00:12:14,701 --> 00:12:16,703 ROADS THAT AUSTIN TAXPAYERS HAVE TO PAY FOR. 324 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:19,539 SO THIS IS ABOUT NOT -- NOT ABOUT LETTING IT ALL GO TO 325 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:22,809 LAWSUIT AND -- OR -- OR ARBITRATION OR MEDIATION, 326 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:25,111 THIS IS ABOUT STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND 327 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:28,514 MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE IN AN AIR OF COLLABORATION AND 328 00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:29,515 PARTNERSHIP. 329 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:32,785 AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 10-1, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO 330 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:36,155 GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO 331 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:37,156 CHANGE THAT TONE. 332 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:39,993 IF THIS WASN'T A CHANGE AND IT WAS JUST ONE NEW COUNCILMEMBER 333 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:42,729 COMING IN TO AN EXISTING SYSTEM, YOU MIGHT ARGUE THAT THAT WAS 334 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:44,030 IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE. 335 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:46,065 BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE NEW VOICES AND THESE NEW 336 00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:48,468 PERSPECTIVES, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT DONE. 337 00:12:48,468 --> 00:12:49,469 >> OKAY. 338 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,671 HOW WILL YOU INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION WITH 339 00:12:51,671 --> 00:12:52,672 YOUR OFFICE? 340 00:12:52,672 --> 00:12:53,673 JIMMY, YOUR TURN TO GO FIRST. 341 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:55,742 >> THIS IS ALL ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION. 342 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:58,211 IN FACT, THERE WERE MANY FORUMS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, 343 00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,213 SAYS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS? 344 00:13:00,213 --> 00:13:02,215 WHAT'S THE FIRST LAW YOU'RE GOING TO PASS, 345 00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:03,216 THE FIRST ORDINANCE? 346 00:13:03,216 --> 00:13:05,218 I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO PASS ANY ORDINANCES IN THE FIRST HUNDRED 347 00:13:05,218 --> 00:13:06,219 DAYS. 348 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,221 FOLKS IN DISTRICT 6 AREN'T EVEN BEING TOLD WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS 349 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:09,222 NOW. 350 00:13:09,222 --> 00:13:11,224 WE HAVE TO REACH OUT AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD THOSE LINES OF 351 00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:13,826 COMMUNICATION SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT BATTLE COMES, 352 00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:16,329 WHEN THE NEXT ORDINANCE COMES, WHEN THE NEXT THING COMES, 353 00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,898 DISTRICT 6 RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED, 354 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:21,901 THAT THEY CAN ADVOCATE THROUGH THEIR COUNCILMEMBER OR AT CITY 355 00:13:21,901 --> 00:13:23,903 HALL, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THERE. 356 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:25,938 THIS IS -- IT'S ENTIRELY ABOUT COMMUNICATION. 357 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:27,940 AND NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, 358 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:31,110 BUT BUSINESSES AND -- SMALL BUSINESSES, PTAS, CHURCHES, 359 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:33,746 IT'S -- THIS IS THE PREMISE OF THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN COALITION 360 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:37,717 GROUP THAT I FOUNDED, WAS AFTER WE DID SOME ADVOCACY ON MAPPING, 361 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:40,286 WE SAID, LOOK, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THIS GOING. 362 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:42,288 THERE IS STUFF HAPPENING AT CITY HALL, 363 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:44,290 AND THAT INFORMATION NEVER GETS PASSED THE ARBORETUM. 364 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,325 SO I KEPT THOSE MEETINGS GOING MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH 365 00:13:46,325 --> 00:13:49,228 AND BRINGING OUT APD AND CODENEXT AND TRANSPORTATION AND 366 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:52,131 WATER AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERING SO THAT FOLKS IN 367 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:55,201 DISTRICT 6 COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AT CITY HALL, 368 00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:57,837 SO THEN WE COULD BE ALL, AS A COMMUNITY, 369 00:13:57,837 --> 00:13:59,839 BE GOOD ADVOCATES ON THOSE ISSUES. 370 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:00,840 >> OKAY. 371 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,841 DON? 372 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:03,843 >> IT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND THIS ONE HAS A CLEAR ANSWER FOR 373 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:04,844 ME. 374 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:07,480 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I WENT DOWN TO CITY HALL TO PROTEST THE 375 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,717 -- SOME OF THE PATRIOT ACT ITEMS THAT WENT IN. 376 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:13,753 AND I THINK THE PATRIOT ACT, UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, 377 00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:18,591 WAS ASKING FOR LIBRARIANS TO EFFECTIVELY SPY ON LIBRARY 378 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,593 CUSTOMERS AS TO WHAT BOOKS THEY WERE READING. 379 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,795 I WENT DOWN TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO TESTIFY. 380 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:25,364 IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AT MAYBE 2:30. 381 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:28,534 I ENDED UP GIVEN THE CHANCE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES AT ABOUT 1:00 382 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:29,635 IN THE MORNING. 383 00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:31,637 AND THAT STUFF HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 384 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,774 SO I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO IMPROVE CIVIC PARTICIPATION 385 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:37,744 IS TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 386 00:14:37,744 --> 00:14:40,646 WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER SCHEDULING AND WE NEED TO HAVE 387 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:43,249 TIME SLOTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND TESTIFY. 388 00:14:43,249 --> 00:14:45,885 I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MEETING, 389 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:48,654 AN ALL-DAY MEETING, THE AGENDA IS NOT CLEAR, 390 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,657 PEOPLE CAN COME IN AT 10:00, THEY WAIT EIGHT HOURS TO TALK 391 00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:52,658 FOR THREE MINUTES. 392 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:55,561 THAT'S HOW YOU KILL CIVIC PARTICIPATION. 393 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,663 WE HAVE A -- AN INDIVIDUAL, BILL OAKEY, 394 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:59,966 WHO'S BEEN IN THE AREA HERE FOR DECADES. 395 00:14:59,966 --> 00:15:04,237 AND BACK IN THE 1980S, HE CAME UP WITH A TERRIFIC PROPOSAL THAT 396 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:07,340 WOULD CHANGE THE SYSTEM, RIGHT, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO SET 397 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:09,342 APPOINTMENTS WHEN THEY COULD COME AND SPEAK BEFORE THE 398 00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:10,343 COUNCIL. 399 00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:11,978 THAT WAS PROPOSED 30 YEARS AGO. 400 00:15:11,978 --> 00:15:15,782 I PROPOSE THAT WE IMPLEMENT THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE NEW 401 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:16,783 10-1. 402 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:17,784 >> OKAY. 403 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,786 WITH SO MANY NEW FACES ON THE COUNCIL, 404 00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:21,788 MANY OF YOU WILL BE LEARNING THE ROPES OF GOVERNING THE CITY 405 00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:23,790 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING THE ISSUES. 406 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:24,791 HOW WILL YOU LEARN IT? 407 00:15:24,791 --> 00:15:25,792 DON? 408 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:27,794 >> THAT IS ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. 409 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:29,796 I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY ENGINEERING BACKGROUND WHERE 410 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:31,798 THEY DUMPED A BIG PILE OF TECHNICAL BOOKS, 411 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:33,800 SOME OF WHICH WERE SO COMPLICATED I NEVER DID 412 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,801 COMPREHEND THEM. 413 00:15:34,801 --> 00:15:36,803 YOU HAVE TO WORK VERY, VERY, VERY HARD. 414 00:15:36,803 --> 00:15:38,805 YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS. 415 00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,807 YOU HAVE TO STUDY VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY. 416 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:42,809 I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD HELP WOULD BE TO BRING IN 417 00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:43,810 PAST CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 418 00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:46,846 JACKIE GOODMAN WAS, I THOUGHT, A VERY GOOD COUNCILMEMBER. 419 00:15:46,846 --> 00:15:48,848 SHE HELPED ME ON A LOT OF ISSUES. 420 00:15:48,848 --> 00:15:51,851 I THINK WE CAN GO TO PAST COUNCILMEMBERS, OBVIOUSLY. 421 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:55,454 WE CAN ALSO LOOK TO SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE 422 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:58,191 GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, WE CAN GET IDEAS FROM THEM. 423 00:15:58,191 --> 00:16:00,393 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, AS YOU SAID, 424 00:16:00,393 --> 00:16:03,529 TO TRY TO LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN, ADJUST TO THE NEW SYSTEM. 425 00:16:03,529 --> 00:16:05,865 IT'S GOING TO BE DRINKING FROM THE PROVERBIAL FIRE HOSE. 426 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:06,866 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 427 00:16:06,866 --> 00:16:07,867 JIMMY? 428 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:09,902 >> I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE THAT YOU NEED TO BRING IN OLD 429 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:10,903 COUNCILMEMBERS. 430 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:12,905 THE VOTERS MADE IT CLEAR THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE OLD SYSTEM. 431 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:15,308 I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE IT'S NEW, 432 00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:19,178 TO -- TO INVENT A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR THE CURRENT CITY AND 433 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,280 THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO GOVERN INTO THE FUTURE. 434 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,850 YOU KNOW, LEARNING WHILE YOU'RE ON THE JOB IS SOMETHING EVERY 435 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:26,185 COUNCILMEMBER DOES, EVEN THE ONES IN THE OLD SYSTEM HAD TO DO 436 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,186 IT. 437 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:29,488 AND -- AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE OF MY LIFE 438 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:30,489 WORKING ON CITY ISSUES. 439 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:33,059 IT'S BEEN MY PRIMARY FOCUS AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND A 440 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,060 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADER. 441 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:36,996 I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO START GOVERNING RIGHT AWAY. 442 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:39,799 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS HUGE, 443 00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:42,201 RIDICULOUS LEARNING CURVE ON DAY ONE. 444 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:44,237 THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GOVERN IN 10-1. 445 00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:46,339 IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE VOTERS SAID, 446 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,974 WE DON'T TRUST THE OLD SYSTEM. 447 00:16:47,974 --> 00:16:49,976 WE WANT GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION, 448 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:52,278 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REPRESENTATION CAN WORK TOGETHER 449 00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:53,279 TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. 450 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:56,315 AND IF WE END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE EITHER RELYING UPON 451 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:59,151 THE OLD WAY, WE WON'T HAVE FULFILLED THE VOTERS' WILL, 452 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:02,188 AND IF WE WAIT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY TO GET UP TO SPEED ON 453 00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:04,190 EVERY ISSUE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE. 454 00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,692 AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND ARE DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS IN THIS 455 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,694 NEW SYSTEM HAVING MORE EXPERIENCE IN ONE AREA THAN 456 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:09,695 ANOTHER. 457 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:12,331 CERTAINLY, MY PRIMARY AREA OF EXPERIENCE IS SMALL BUSINESSES 458 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:14,834 AND TRANSPORTATION, AND I INTEND TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON 459 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:15,835 THOSE ISSUES. 460 00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:16,836 >> OKAY. 461 00:17:16,836 --> 00:17:17,837 THANKS. 462 00:17:17,837 --> 00:17:19,839 LET'S PULL BACK AND TALK MORE -- A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 463 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:20,840 REGION. 464 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,842 AS YOU BOTH MAY BE AWARE, THE CITY HAS A NUMBER OF REGIONAL 465 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:24,844 PARTNERSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF REGIONAL ENTITIES. 466 00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:28,714 HOW WILL YOU -- WHAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS WILL YOU USE TO -- WHEN 467 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:29,749 YOU INTERACT WITH THESE FOLKS? 468 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,183 LET'S START WITH YOU, JIMMY. 469 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:32,251 I THINK IT'S YOUR TURN. 470 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:35,254 >> WELL, IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAINTAINING THIS -- THIS 471 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:38,691 COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION AND NONPARTISAN PERSPECTIVE. 472 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,594 DISTRICT 6 HAS A VERY UNIQUE ROLE IN WORKING REGIONALLY 473 00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:44,864 BECAUSE WE'RE IN TWO COUNTIES, BASICALLY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN 474 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,866 WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 475 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:49,635 AND WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY SOLVING TRANSPORTATION AND WATER 476 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:52,438 ISSUES, IT TAKES A REGIONAL COLLABORATION TO GET IT DONE. 477 00:17:52,438 --> 00:17:55,908 AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY 478 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,811 COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE'VE GOT SIMILAR CONSTITUENTS. 479 00:17:58,811 --> 00:18:02,348 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBER, 480 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:04,817 YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 481 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,819 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT VOTED IN THAT CITY 482 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,888 ELECTION, WHICH IS PRIMARILY NOT THE FOLKS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 483 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:11,657 SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRIDGE THAT GAP, 484 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:13,659 BECAUSE WE HAVE SHARED CONSTITUENTS, 485 00:18:13,659 --> 00:18:16,429 WE HAVE SHARED ISSUES, WE'RE SEEING THE SAME CLOGGED ROADS 486 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,597 BECAUSE THE ONES DRIVING TO GEORGETOWN ARE DRIVING ON THAT 487 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:21,300 SAME PARMER LANE THAT MY FOLKS ARE DRIVING TO APPLE DOWN THE 488 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:22,301 ROAD. 489 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:25,071 SO THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS IS REALLY ABOUT REMOVING 490 00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:28,374 PARTISANSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO A 491 00:18:28,374 --> 00:18:30,977 DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED COMMISSIONERS COURT IN TRAVIS 492 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:32,945 AND REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED COMMISSIONERS COURT IN 493 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,781 WILLIAMSON, THAT DISTRICT 6 GETS TO BE THE NONPARTISAN BRIDGE 494 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,049 THAT'S FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS. 495 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:38,050 >> OKAY. 496 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:39,051 DON? 497 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:40,052 >> I WOULD AGREE. 498 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:42,054 I WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL 499 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:43,055 MOBILITY AUTHORITY. 500 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:45,024 I DO HAVE A DEEP TECHNICAL BACKGROUND. 501 00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:47,893 I HAVE A PROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTATION, 502 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,296 SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MY LEADERSHIP STYLE, 503 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,032 IT IS TO DRIVE TOWARDS A GOOD SOLUTION. 504 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:56,435 SO THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM HERE IS -- IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM. 505 00:18:56,435 --> 00:18:58,571 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF NEW ROADS, 506 00:18:58,571 --> 00:19:01,874 THE PROBLEMS WITH RIGHT OF WAY, THE ISSUES -- ENVIRONMENTAL 507 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:04,510 ISSUES AND THE DESIRE OF PEOPLE TO PRESERVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS 508 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,746 AND SOME SCENIC VIEWS IN CERTAIN PLACES. 509 00:19:06,746 --> 00:19:09,915 THIS IS VERY, VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM PROBLEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW 510 00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:12,685 TO GET THE ROAD EXPANSION WE NEED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION. 511 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:16,522 SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE AND I WILL SEEK SOME POSITION ON 512 00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:19,291 SOME OF THESE BOARDS AND THEN COOPERATE IN THE REGION TO HELP 513 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:20,760 SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. 514 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,794 I THINK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THAT. 515 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:24,030 >> I THINK YOU BOTH MENTIONED TRAFFIC AS AN ISSUE. 516 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:27,033 LET'S -- LET'S THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE 517 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:29,769 RAIL BOND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF -- THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF 518 00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:31,771 BRUISED FOLKS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 519 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:34,673 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH YOUR NEW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO 520 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:38,477 SORT OF -- TO HEAL WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 521 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:40,479 -- WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION? 522 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:41,480 DON, YOU'RE UP. 523 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,482 >> WELL, I APPRECIATE GETTING A CHANCE TO GO FIRST. 524 00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:45,518 I WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE URBAN RAIL SYSTEM. 525 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:49,689 ONE OF THE TECHNICAL ARGUMENTS I MADE IS, YOU KNOW, IN 2014, 526 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:54,026 IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GO BACK TO THE 1800S FOR TECHNOLOGY IN 527 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:54,994 TRANSPORTING PEOPLE. 528 00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:57,396 YOU KNOW, THE RAILROADS ARE STILL GOOD FOR MOVING 529 00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:00,366 AGGREGATES, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, SHIPPING CONTAINERS. 530 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:03,803 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT RAIL ARE VERY, VERY GOOD FOR. 531 00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:06,238 MOVING PEOPLE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. 532 00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:10,376 SO I'M GOING TO REMAIN ON THIS POLICY OBJECTIVE OF GETTING THE 533 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:15,114 ROADS EXPANDED AND RESIST THESE FUTURE PROPOSALS FOR RAIL. 534 00:20:15,114 --> 00:20:17,683 THE RAIL HAS NOT WORKED IN MANY CITIES WHERE IT'S BEEN PUT IN. 535 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:21,120 THERE WAS A BIG "STATESMAN" ARTICLE ABOUT PORTLAND, OREGON. 536 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,124 IT DOCUMENTED HOW PORTLAND HAD BEEN BUILDING RAIL FOR DECADES, 537 00:20:25,124 --> 00:20:26,459 FOR MANY DECADES. 538 00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:28,994 THEY HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE RAIL SYSTEM, 539 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:33,065 AND THEY NOTED THAT RIDERSHIP HAD ACTUALLY DECREASED. 540 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:36,969 IT WAS AROUND 9% DECADES AGO, BUT IT HAD DECREASED OVER TIME 541 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,404 TO AROUND 7%. 542 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:40,473 SO THE ARGUMENTS WE'VE BEEN HEARING POLICY-WISE, 543 00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,475 THAT IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME; 544 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:44,477 IF YOU BUILD OUT THE RAIL SYSTEM, MORE PEOPLE... 545 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:46,445 IT HASN'T PANNED OUT, SO I WANT TO RESIST THAT AND KEEP 546 00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:47,446 EMPHASIZING ROADS. 547 00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:48,447 >> OKAY. 548 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:50,449 SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH THOSE -- THOSE -- THOSE 549 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:52,451 FOLKS THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU, 550 00:20:52,451 --> 00:20:54,453 AND THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE? 551 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:56,455 >> ASK THEM TO HELP US GET THE ROADS FIXED -- >> OKAY. 552 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:58,457 >> -- JUST IS WHAT WITH NEED TO DO. 553 00:20:58,457 --> 00:20:59,458 >> JIMMY, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? 554 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,460 >> WELL, I SERVED ON THE AUSTIN CHAMBER'S TRANSPORTATION 555 00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:04,497 COMMITTEE, AND SO I'VE SEEN -- I SAW PROP 1 DEVELOP FROM THE VERY 556 00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:05,498 BEGINNING. 557 00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:08,634 AND RIGHT AS THE BOND LANGUAGE CAME OUT AND WE FINALLY GOT TO 558 00:21:08,634 --> 00:21:10,636 SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT, 559 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:12,638 AND I CAME OUT AGAINST IT, AS DID ALL OF THE DISTRICT 6 560 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:13,639 CANDIDATES. 561 00:21:13,639 --> 00:21:15,641 YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM FOLKS AT THE 562 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:17,676 CHAMBER AND FOLKS IN DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE VERY 563 00:21:17,676 --> 00:21:18,677 PRO PROP 1. 564 00:21:18,677 --> 00:21:22,248 AND I TOLD THEM POINT BLANK, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SOME 565 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:24,016 IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITION TO RAIL. 566 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:25,117 THIS IS ABOUT A BAD PLAN. 567 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:28,220 AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN YOU CAN 568 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:30,523 NEVER DO RAIL ON LAMAR, YOU CAN NEVER DO RAIL ON LAMAR, 569 00:21:30,523 --> 00:21:32,525 AND THEN PUT IT ON THE SYSTEM PLAN. 570 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:34,793 YOU DON'T SOLVE A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH A SINGLE LINE OF 571 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:37,196 RAIL, AND YOU DON'T SOLVE A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH A 572 00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:39,064 RAIL IN LOW-DENSE AREAS. 573 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:42,001 AND THAT SAME -- SAME ARTICLE AND THE SAME STUDIES THAT I'VE 574 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:45,304 SEEN SHOW THAT RAIL WORKS WHERE THERE'S DENSITY TO SUPPORT IT. 575 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:48,474 AND WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO 576 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:49,475 TRAFFIC. 577 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:52,778 AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE LINE OF RAIL OR A SYSTEM PLAN 578 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:55,815 HAPHAZARDLY PUT TOGETHER TO TRY TO COME UP -- OH, YEAH, 579 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,349 WE HAD A SYSTEM PLAN ALL ALONG. 580 00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:58,784 THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. 581 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:01,587 AND THE FACT THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THESE TRANSPORTATION 582 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:03,756 ADVOCATES, AND, IN FACT, THE BOND MEASURE, 583 00:22:03,756 --> 00:22:06,826 THE PROP 1 BOND MEASURE BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED, 584 00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:11,030 I'M THE PERSON WHO GOT PARMER LANE AND 2222 AND 620 INCLUDED 585 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,031 IN THAT BOND MEASURE. 586 00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:14,266 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING ELSE THEY PUT INTO IT WAS 587 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:15,267 TERRIBLE. 588 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:17,403 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SPEND $18 MILLION NOT EVEN BUILDING A 589 00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:19,405 ROAD, BUT JUST PLANNING THE ROADS, 590 00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:21,407 WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IN DISTRICT 6. 591 00:22:21,407 --> 00:22:23,409 THIS IS ABOUT HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, 592 00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:25,411 BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH THESE FOLKS, 593 00:22:25,411 --> 00:22:27,980 AND KNOWING THAT YOU CAN'T -- YOU COULD NEVER -- YOU COULD 594 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:30,583 NEVER BUILD ENOUGH ROADS TO SOLVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN 595 00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,585 AUSTIN, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU HAVE TO 596 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,587 BUILD A BILLION DOLLAR RAIL LINE. 597 00:22:34,587 --> 00:22:35,588 >> OKAY. 598 00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,590 WHO OUTSIDE OF LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT, 599 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,592 DO YOU ADMIRE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, AND WHY? 600 00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:41,026 JIMMY, I THINK YOU'RE FIRST. 601 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,027 >> WOW. 602 00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:46,198 YOU KNOW, I -- I HAVE A LOT OF -- A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE 603 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,734 PASSED AWAY WHO I REALLY IDOLIZE. 604 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:51,770 YOU KNOW, BETTIE NAYLOR WAS A -- A BIG MENTOR FOR ME. 605 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:55,374 >> YOU'VE GOT TO STEP OUTSIDE OF CITY POLI- -- >> OUTSIDE OF -- 606 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,809 WELL, SHE WAS LEGISLATIVE. 607 00:22:56,809 --> 00:22:57,810 >> FAIR ENOUGH. 608 00:22:57,810 --> 00:22:58,811 SHE WAS LEGISLATIVE. 609 00:22:58,811 --> 00:22:59,812 >> FAIR ENOUGH. 610 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:01,814 >> SHE DIDN'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN CITY POLITICS, 611 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:03,816 CERTAINLY NOT -- NOT WHEN I KNEW HER. 612 00:23:03,816 --> 00:23:06,385 AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF -- OF GOOD LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, 613 00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:09,588 BUT TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE WORKING ON 614 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,157 ISSUES AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I KNOW 615 00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,627 AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I'VE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH. 616 00:23:14,627 --> 00:23:17,429 AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS THAT I SEE IN COMMUNITY GROUPS 617 00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:20,299 AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN AUSTIN THAT -- THAT HAVE 618 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:21,367 EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS. 619 00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:24,136 AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUCCESS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, 620 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:25,137 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 621 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:28,007 I MEAN, WHAT ZACH SCOTT HAS PUT TOGETHER THERE IS A PRETTY 622 00:23:28,007 --> 00:23:29,008 AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. 623 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:31,744 AND IT'S NOT JUST A SINGLE LEADER THAT GETS THOSE THINGS 624 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:34,446 DONE, IT'S THE TEAM YOU BUILD AROUND YOURSELF AND IT'S THE WAY 625 00:23:34,446 --> 00:23:36,448 THAT YOU BRING A COMMUNITY ALONG WITH YOU. 626 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:37,449 >> OKAY. 627 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:38,450 DON? 628 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:40,452 >> I'M GLAD BETTIE NAYLOR'S NAME CAME UP, 629 00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:42,454 BECAUSE IN THE ODDEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, 630 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:45,190 I ACTUALLY MET HER IN A BIBLE STUDY IN THE OFFICE OF THE 631 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:48,627 FORMER SPEAKER, BILLY CLAYTON, THE TEXAS AGGIE. 632 00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:51,764 SO THIS IS -- YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS WEIRD, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ME, 633 00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:55,334 A RON PAUL REPUBLICAN, BETTIE NAYLOR, AND AGGIE BILLY CLAYTON, 634 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,436 AND WE'RE ALL SITTING AROUND STUDYING THE BIBLE RIGHT ACROSS 635 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:58,437 THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL. 636 00:23:58,437 --> 00:23:59,605 HOW STRANGE IS THAT? 637 00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:03,075 BUT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, MY POLITICAL FIGURE WOULD HAVE TO 638 00:24:03,075 --> 00:24:04,610 BE DR. RON PAUL. 639 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:07,379 I HEARD ABOUT RON PAUL WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1970S, 640 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:10,849 AND WHAT I ADMIRED MOST ABOUT HIM, 641 00:24:10,849 --> 00:24:12,985 INTEGRITY TO THE CONSTITUTION. 642 00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:15,921 AND YOU WOULD HAVE THESE VOTES IN CONGRESS WHERE THERE WOULD BE 643 00:24:15,921 --> 00:24:21,026 434 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED, AND IT WOULD BE DR. RON PAUL. 644 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,095 AND HE WOULD SAY, WELL, THIS ISSUE IS NOT IN THE 645 00:24:23,095 --> 00:24:24,096 CONSTITUTION. 646 00:24:24,096 --> 00:24:27,166 IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO 647 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:28,634 THIS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. 648 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:29,802 I'M VOTING NO. 649 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:32,404 SO I REALLY APPRECIATED AND ADMIRED HIM. 650 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:33,405 >> OKAY. 651 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:34,406 I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. 652 00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:36,408 YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE 30 SECONDS TO ANSWER IT. 653 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:38,911 AT THE END OF YOUR TERM, HOW WILL YOUR CONSTITUENTS DESCRIBE 654 00:24:38,911 --> 00:24:40,913 YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND QUALITIES? 655 00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:41,914 DON, I THINK YOU GO FIRST. 656 00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:44,616 >> WHAT I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD SAY IS THAT I KEPT MY CAMPAIGN 657 00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:45,884 PROMISES. 658 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,886 I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD SAY, 659 00:24:47,886 --> 00:24:50,622 WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH DON BECAUSE HE LISTENED TO US AND HE 660 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:52,624 DID WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO. 661 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:54,626 AND I HOPE THEY COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 662 00:24:54,626 --> 00:24:57,229 OUR TRAFFIC IS MOVING A WHOLE LOT BETTER SINCE WE ELECTED 663 00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:58,497 ZIMMERMAN. 664 00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,498 >> OKAY. 665 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:00,566 JIMMY? 666 00:25:00,566 --> 00:25:07,606 >> IN ONE SENTENCE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH JIMMY 667 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:11,844 FLANNIGAN ON SOLVING THE ISSUES THAT WE FACED IN DISTRICT 6 HAS 668 00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:14,813 NOT ONLY BEEN A PLEASURE, BUT IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE, 669 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:16,915 BECAUSE HE'S BEEN AGGRESSIVE WHEN HE NEEDS TO BE, 670 00:25:16,915 --> 00:25:18,917 HE'S BEEN COLLABORATIVE WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY, 671 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:21,620 AND HE GOT THE JOB DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 672 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,288 >> OKAY. 673 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:29,328 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. 674 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:33,599 THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU. 675 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:39,605 ALL OF THE RUNOFF CONVERSATIONS AND OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE 676 00:25:42,174 --> 00:25:47,312 NEWLY ELECTED CANDIDATES FOR DISTRICTS 2, 677 00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:54,153 5 AND 9 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. 678 00:25:54,153 --> 00:26:01,860 EARLY VOTING IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION STARTS DECEMBER 1. 679 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:06,165 ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 16. 680 00:26:06,165 --> 00:26:13,872 FOR KLRU, LEADERSHIP AUSTIN, THE ANNETTE STRAUSS INSTITUTE FOR 681 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:19,878 CIVIC LIFE, AND KUT, I'M MICHAEL KANIN. 682 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:24,149 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 683 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,851 [MUSIC]. 684 00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:29,788 >> SUPPORT FOR CIVIC SUMMIT COMES FROM GOOGLE, 685 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:32,524 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE WAYS 686 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:36,295 PEOPLE CONNECT WITH INFORMATION, AND ALSO BY TEXAS MUTUAL 687 00:26:36,295 --> 00:26:39,264 INSURANCE, PROVIDING WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR TEXAS 688 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,266 EMPLOYERS.