Jim Walden: “The most important thing that a mayor does at the beginning…”

“But I, but I am going to make sure that she doesn't have a job anymore in the sense that I'm going to solve some of these issues for you guys. But, but listen, the most important thing, The most important thing that a mayor does at the beginning of his or her tenure is picking commissioners. and making sure that the deputy commissioners are people of quality and not patronage appointments.” (36:59–37:07)

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