tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post1973078646989259370..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: Final Impressions of City Council CandidatesMark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-73205202192020353062019-04-19T15:11:52.909-05:002019-04-19T15:11:52.909-05:00Several readers have pointed out that I failed to ...Several readers have pointed out that I failed to identify any thorns for Dan Barrios. That was an oversight, not intentional. I apologize to Dan for not giving him any constructive criticism for how to improve his campaign answers. ;-)Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-60440130398787504382019-04-19T13:46:44.285-05:002019-04-19T13:46:44.285-05:00Kyle Kepner, thanks for the clarification. I apolo...Kyle Kepner, thanks for the clarification. I apologize the error. I will make a not in the original text. Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-28986718793274582572019-04-19T13:07:17.344-05:002019-04-19T13:07:17.344-05:00Hi Mark, I would like to respond as well. The ques...Hi Mark, I would like to respond as well. The question was about dealing with a large budget. My business does not do 12 million dollars a year. I said I was the Assistant GM at III Forks where we did 12 million dollars in sales a year and I was routinely involved in the decision making process that affected millions of dollars of our budget. Dale Wamstad was the owner there and I worked for him for five years. He now owns Texas restaurant which is a Richardson business. The whole point is that I have experience dealing with budgets both small and large.<br />Thank for covering the forum and allowing us to respond.<br /><br />Kyle KepnerKyle Kepnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956566067771788038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-17601063020103282052019-04-19T11:44:46.812-05:002019-04-19T11:44:46.812-05:00Jason Clarke objects to me taking a part of one hi...Jason Clarke objects to me taking a part of one his answers out of context: "All I can say is I think you focused on me joking about a husband/wife relationship and missed how I referred to the fact that I’ve lead a non-profit for a decade (Where we never for a day carried a penny of debt) and how between my wife and we own four small businesses and with this understand well how to budget. Further, was my comment about how every budget has line items and each one of those line items carries value for real people. And then I made a promise: I promised to recognize that every penny in every line item will drive value to Richardson residents - Richardson families. This was my actual answer. My joke, when taken from context makes me look like I speak ill of women - which I do not."Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-71976860732820006072019-04-19T11:30:19.110-05:002019-04-19T11:30:19.110-05:00Johnny Lanzillo clarified one of his answers: &quo...Johnny Lanzillo clarified one of his answers: "I believe that ethics complaints should go to an independent investigator first. Previously, independent counsel was brought in AFTER the city had already done their own investigation in-house.<br /><br />"The alternative that I offered that night, was to allow the district attorney's office to handle these investigations as part of the initial investigation as well."Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.com