The suggestion that the mayor is limited to doing only what he proposed during his re-election campaign is absurd.

The suggestion he was kidnapped is wrong, and absurd,

The remarks were offensive and the mayor is satisfied that the chaplain has resigned.

We're going to have a campaign and an election, not a coronation.

You can only talk to him so much about socks.

First was to create a rationale for it by convincing people that the city wasn't doing well under the mayor's leadership, ... and second was that he could do better. He had to clear the first to make the second relevant, but he never came close on either.