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FU <br />current mayoral campaign, a campaign in which he is not standing for election. I <br />refer to his letter of last week to the Democratic and Republican mayoral <br />candidates, which was the subject of an article entitled "Parent scolds candidates: <br />in last Thursday's South Bend Tribune. If the current campaign has become, in part, <br />a question of which candidate is less like Roger Parent, that is not so much the <br />doing of either Carl Baxmeyer or Joe Kernan as it is a judgment the citizenry of <br />South Bend has passed on the incumbent's performance as Mayor. That he feels <br />"flattered," rather than acutely embarrassed, by such attention is curious. If the <br />incumbent Mayor sincerely believes his own statement that "the citizens of South <br />Bend are intelligent and demanding of their elected officials, he will leave it to <br />those citizens to determine the issues of the current campaign, rather than attempt <br />to dictate that agenda himself. It is that effort to dictate on his part, rather <br />than the current focus of the campaign, which demeans the political process and <br />insults the people of South Bend. I appreciate that the incumbent Mayor, like his <br />fellow citizens, has a very deep vested interest in South Bend, and that he has the <br />right to express his views. It might, however, be better for our community if he <br />were to do so less publicly and in a manner that does not needlessly interfere with <br />a political process in which his role will be limited to that of a voter -- namely, <br />the 1987 mayoral election campaign. Thank you. <br />There being no furthe <br />Council Member Taylor <br />Puzzello. The motion <br />ATTEST: A <br />City Clerk <br />r business to come before the Council, unfinished or new, <br />made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Council Member <br />carried and the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 p.m. <br />APPROVED: <br />res ent <br />