-: You can definitely be a good mayor and put in,
at least in a small town, you can put in 10 or 20 hours
a week and be a good mayor.
But if you wanna be great and you wanna be a great
elected official, then you've gotta really put in the hours,
understand everything that goes, make sure you're
giving all the credit where credit is due,
and showing your community that you represent them,
just like you do with a boss.
You know, you make sure your boss knows what you're doing
on their behalf and how you appreciate
the working relationship that you have.
You gotta make sure you're out there to the public
and your constituents, letting them know that you appreciate
the working relationship you have.
Because so much of the good things that I do as mayor,
I only did because someone told me,
"Hey Quinton, this is an issue and we need to do something
about it", and that's the only reason I knew
to do anything about it.
So, it's definitely making sure you maintain
that working relationship.