Television ads are very expensive - and it's been the opinion of folks working with me, and my opinion, that the kind of campaign that I've been running has been one where I've been more in touch with the voters themselves. And putting money into those types of efforts rather than TV ads seems to make sense at this point.

There are some preconceived stereotypes that exist that can serve as an obstacle. But I think it's getting better.

I don't tend to think that they're that significant on the local level. I think people want to see more of the candidates in person.

We want to try and gather as much input and information as we move into the interview process.

My concern is that we're growing, and we've got to try to establish some vision for where we want the city to go with the growth - and we've also got to try to strengthen up the bases from which we're beginning to grow. We've got to get the infrastructure sound. We've got to go back and pick up some of these things where we've regressed so that we can provide a vision, and we can work from a solid place.

When women grow up surrounded by these values and surrounded by the thought that they can achieve, I think we will continue to be producing more and more female leaders in our country because of that.