Austinist: Better Know a Candidate: Jennifer Kim

Gekco789

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:31:42 -0600

Before you make you vote ask youself four questions: 1. Have I done my research on all of the candidates not just some? Which would including going to all three candidates in Place 3's websites, attended any of the forums, and have I met any of the candidate personally or spoken with any of the candidates. 2. How long have the candidates actually lived in Austin and what do they really know about Austin? 3. Who are the candidates supporters and which candidates have Big Buisness, Toll Roads, and domain developers in the pocket? Which candidate or candidate's do not have supporters like this in their pocket? 4. Who will make the best candidate after I have answered the three qustions above? Daniella Sneal

Chiken

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:56:03 -0600

It's not a far walk between City Hall and the Convention Center -- maybe 10-15 minutes. That is not an unusual amount of distance between subway stops in Manhattan, and people get around without cars there just fine. But I digress. Randi Shade is clearly better on all of these issues.

elvislives

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:20:55 -0600

@ Barney Noodles Let me sleep on it......baby, baby let me sleep on it.....

mdahmus

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:16:43 -0600

Asher, it's about 3/4 of a mile - so if it takes you 5 minutes to walk that far, you walk at a speed of 9mph, which is approximately 3 times the average; and I'm assuming Kim's wearing councilmember attire. 15 minutes for that average person, assuming no stopping for traffic. I could go as low as that for Kim if I'm still feeling generous. The commonly used metric for "how far away will people be willing to walk regularly to/from a transit stop" is 1/4 mile, by the way.

AsherBaruch

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:56:42 -0600

"January 1, 2009: Jennifer Kim leaves City Hall, and realizes she doesn't have the half-hour it would take to walk to the Convention Center. Oops. She drives." You must be a real slow walker, Mike. 5 mins tops.

Barney Noodles

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:15:44 -0600

"People often don't know how noisy it is living next to a music venue until after they purchase their unit and have their first night sleep." They should go on that awful HGT show 'Let Me Sleep On It.' Problem solved.

LoudMouth

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:48:31 -0600

Just within her first self-righteous blow up at the airport security I decided I didn't like her.

duck nuts

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:48:48 -0600

Jennifer Kim is totally hot, but I'm still voting for Randi Shade.

savaro

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:14:58 -0600

"People often don't know how noisy it is living next to a music venue until after they purchase their unit and have their first night sleep." So true. Those people are called "morons."

greycat

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:35:25 -0600

Just within her first answer I decided I didn't like her.

mbartnett

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:56:18 -0600

Check out the Chronicle's CITY HALL HUSTLE Part 2 this week, featuring interviews with Jennifer Kim and Randi shade here.

mdahmus

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:50:16 -0600

"I also look forward to using the commuter rail when it opens later this year when I need to travel north." January 1, 2009: Jennifer Kim leaves City Hall, and realizes she doesn't have the half-hour it would take to walk to the Convention Center. Oops. She drives. January 2, 2009: After being told of the shuttle buses, she steps outside at the time it's supposed to be there. Oops, it's running late today because it's stuck in traffic. She drives. January 3, 2009: She steps outside five minutes later. Today, the shuttle bus was running on time. Dammit. It's already gone, and the next one's not for another 25 minutes (according to schedule). She drives. January 4, 2009: She steps outside at normal schedule time, waits the extra 5 minutes, rides the shuttle bus through traffic, gets to the train station, hops the train, rides it out to Braker Lane, gets off the train, and looks around. Uh, now what? She boards a southbound train and heads back into the city. Some people really don't get what we built. It's only going to run every half-hour and only during rush hours; you have to take a shuttle bus EVEN AT THE DOWNTOWN END, and at the suburban end, there's nothing but park-and-rides, and IBM (and a few really crappy rarely-running bus routes which might connect to those train stations). Oh, and there's no reverse commute support intended at the beginning, but I gave her a pass on that one, because I'm feeling generous today. Jennifer Kim: disqualified as serious candidate on transit.