As mayor I will definitely continue this daily storytelling of the journey as mayor. I believe very strongly that elected office is a deep privilege that deserves a deep commitment to the whole commun
I can’t remember the last time I didn’t vote for a Democrat. There were many elections I just voted down the party line. But for the Akron mayor election I’m telling you this: Don’t vote for a Democra
I think you would have to be pretty tone deaf to not feel how lucky you are to get to spend time in places like: Yellowstone National Park Disney World The Outer Banks Naples Florida The Bahamas Hawai
I got the opportunity, for the first time in my life, to see Mount Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt. It’s definitely worth experiencing. Actually, any national monuments are impress
For 15 years of my adult life I’ve worked in marketing. A good marketer knows things like: Your strengths Your weaknesses (a lot about your weaknesses) Your insecurities Your fears Where you shop Wher
Doesn’t it seem odd to you that politicians can’t work together? Aren’t they the “leaders”? I’m pretty sure I’d get fired from any other job I worked at if I said, “Bob’s idea is completely wrong. In
It is very easy to blame all the country’s problems on our government officials. And in fairness they never take responsibility for anything that goes wrong. And they never ask us to do anything. The
I’m writing this from Sparta Wisconsin. It’s about 600 miles from Akron. Last summer Rocky and I put together a plan to do the biggest vacation of our adult lives. We started putting a plan together t
We had a really great talk on Facebook today about what the focus of the campaign should be. A major focus for me is the ages old infrastructure of the 2 party system. We live in the United States of
I finished up Mark Maron’s interview of Barack Obama today. Obama was talking about the importance of being succinct in politics. He said that it’s not that people can’t understand the complexity of p
I’m listening to a podcast with Barack Obama. He did an interview with Mark Maron. Mark is a comedian who does a podcast in his garage. This is interesting on many levels: Garage Comedian Sitting pres
There are a lot of drugs being used in Akron. People that don’t use illegal drugs often have a disconnect with people that do use illegal drugs. It’s a pretty silly separation if you think about it. H
One out of every four people living in the U.S. dont have Internet at home. One in four. The White House wants to change this through its new ConnectHome initiative. Its mission: Every child should be
I know people don’t like change. It disrupts our lives. It’s uncomfortable. You never know what will happen on the other side. There’s no reason to change for change sake. But I’m here to tell you: We
I just got back from the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. We’re spending the weekend camping at the Shelby / Mansfield KOA. The movie Shawshank Redemption was filmed there. Look at this graph from
I had a great conversation today with a resident of Cuyahoga Falls. She said that their mayor suggested everyone in Cuyahoga Falls go meet their neighbor. What a great idea! She told two stories where
Money and politics. This is the great corruption of America. Money buys political favors: You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. Find great political power and I guarantee you will find money hoveri
The International Squaters Symbol Homelessness is a very real problem in Akron. If you have a better way of solving it I’m all ears. But I have an idea: What if prequalified homeless were given the op
I just got back from Eddie Sipplen‘s fundraiser event. (For the record, those trying to keep me off the ballot, I didn’t donate to him. So you can’t try to corner me as a Republican in Independent’s c
Dutch company, VolkerWessels, has recently come out with a new concept: PlasticRoad. As the Rubber Capital of the World and the Polymer Capital of the World we should be leading this initiative. Akron