Betsy Hodges

What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it's one of the places I have greatest strength. ”

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions. ”

Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports. ”

Donald Trump is out to destroy people's lives, and he's trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we've got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further. ”

I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that. ”

Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn't always flashy, but it does get results. ”

Together we are bigger than the sum of our parts. ”

As mayor in an executive position, I have to dress more like an executive, which has been delightful. ”

Rightly or wrongly, as a woman in politics, you're being judged for what you're wearing, and people are paying attention to that more than they do with men. ”

As mayor, I'm charged with a big-picture agenda. ”