“Experience is what it’s going to take … one of the things people tell me is they felt comfortable when I was mayor.” Bill May, mayoral candidate
“There are three people in this race for mayor tonight: one’s a lawyer, one’s a lobbyist, and the third has 30 years of experience in the business world and customer service.” Donna Hecker, mayoral candidate
“Personally, I think we need to begin a direct dialogue with Kentucky State University … where we actually work with the university to provide not only resources from the community but places where we can utilize their resources … we haven’t done that. There is not a great relationship between the two.” Kyle Thompson, mayoral candidate
“I think that in my time at City Hall, I’ve demonstrated I’m not a normal politician … I’ve always been straight with the public, even when the truth isn’t pretty.” Sellus Wilder, incumbent
“I can work with anybody you put in there – the older I get, the more I find I can put up with differences.” Lynn Bowers, City Commission candidate
“Let’s be realistic: we don’t have a revenue problem, we’ve got a spending problem …” Louis McClain, City Commission candidate
“Since being elected, I’ve tried to chart a new course … we cannot afford to go back to a policy of passing today’s problems to future generations.” Michael Turner, incumbent
“In my background of 43 years for the Kentucky General Assembly, I had to work with 138 legislators and had various 138 different ideas they wanted to project … I understand you have to sit and listen to people. It’s OK to disagree.” Jerry Bailey, City Commission candidate
“I think the present commission has shown some of this … we’re able to make decisions to try and forward Frankfort so that future commissioners don’t need to look back.” Katie Hedden, incumbent
“If you don’t like what’s going on, you got eight other candidates, including myself … I want to give back to seniors and the community.” Terry Sutton, City Commission candidate
“(If I could bring three businesses to Frankfort), I think warehouses would be the first one, the second one would be IT…and the third one, I guess I’m going to be selfish, I’m going to say Red Lobster.” Charles Cunningham, City Commission candidate
“I think there’s a couple of things that we lost sight of tonight … our school systems must be improved. If they do not get improved, economic development will not come.” Robert Roach, City Commission candidate
“Riverfront development’s come a long way already … there’s a project I would love to see … maybe a five-star hotel, something like condos, boating on the river …” Doug McGaughey, City Commission candidate
“I have over 33 years of budget experience … and 17 active years of community service … I believe Frankfort gains with Tommy Haynes.” Tommy Haynes, City Commission candidate
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