No full Crank this morning, but I encourage you to leaf through my tweets from last night’s TreePAC candidate forum.
At TreePAC candidate forum. Port candidate Peter Steinbrueck just pledged allegiance to the tree canopy.
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Moon: "The last 2 mayors have been so focused on ego and on politics that we’ve lost sight of what it mans to be the mayor in this city."
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
…"so they magically can afford a $2000-a-month apartment. I'm not sure that’s going to work."
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Moon, citing "the great Jim Diers," says "we've been defunding and dismantling neighborhood planning for 8 years and I don't know why."
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Tuned back in to forum. Pat Murakami answering a question about "a tree that meant a lot to" her. Tuned back out.
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Interesting to see the guy who got arrested for assaulting a city employee moderating a city attorney forum… https://t.co/gS8ossYzTC pic.twitter.com/8QEb7lnDiv
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Holmes: "we have a fundamental disagreement" w immigration lawyers. It takes two violations "before you can be subject to deportation…"
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
…"The first one will not get you deported. And I’m sorry—I lose sympathy on the second one. I’m sorry. It’s your fault."
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
Omg so meta. pic.twitter.com/MyxMx4Cv1p
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
It's a relevant data point, but the way he repeated it wo noting that Cary had JUST cited the same stat using the same neighborhoods…
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
and the "I don't know if you know this, but…" way he did, was, frankly, jarring.
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
(Seriously, though. It's "Bar-ree-EN-tos" not "bar-ree-YAN-tos." Pretty common last name.)
— Erica C. Barnett (@ericacbarnett) October 4, 2017
To find out who was the clear-cut winner, who threw the best shade, and who kept things at a controlled burn during last night’s forum, check out my post on Storify.