They walked out onto the stage at the gym at Genevieve Didion Elementary, each wearing suits and ties. They weren’t clammed up, having talked to various people in the crowd prior to taking the stage. Each of them was familiar with the neighborhood, and had a desire to represent it. Current City Councilmember Robbie Watters, retired Sacramento Police Captain Darrell Fong, and Sacramento State professor Ryan Chin all participated in Thursday night’s Sacramento City Council 7th District Candidat... NorthSacBeat Rhonda Erwin comment-23573 2010-03-20T02:46:52Z 2010-03-20T02:46:52Z Christopher I really like your article thank you for attending the meeting and writing about it for us. Rhonda Erwin 2010-03-20T02:46:52Z Rhonda Erwin comment-23572 2010-03-20T02:56:20Z 2010-03-20T02:56:20Z So far I like Chin- 1) “You don’t focus on the person, you focus on the problem,” said Chin. “It’s about the issue and solving it."-- GREAT ANSWER! 2) Chin opposed the initiative, saying a strong mayor doesn’t need a “strong mayor’s initiative”, but an ability to bring people together to get issues done. 3)Chin felt this is not the time to spend public funds, but did feel it was likely that city land would be used. Actually Chin appears to be the only one who appeared to answer the questions that were asked. Fong "answered by saying he understands the dynamics of City Hall, and has developed relationships at the city, county, and state levels." WHAT the heck?? The question was fostering cooperation as potentially one of eight members on the city council. If he "understands the dynamics of city hall" surely he could of and should have answered the question. WHAT the heck? Waters answers were surely not impressive. Considering the fact he's been in counsel office he should of had decent answers instead of beating around the bush with his not-so-on-point answers. "Waters elaborated on the loss of Ray Kerridge, but then discussed his feelings regarding relationships on the City Council' HOW is that telling us how he will foster relationships heck we know we have a problem how will he help foster cooperation...???? For goodness sakes sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get an elected official to actually answer questions raised. It's like they cater to the audience with luke warm reponses like cowards afraid to answer. Rhonda Erwin 2010-03-20T02:56:20Z