First thing that I put up in my office here at City Hall was a poster from 1971 when my mother ran for city council.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My mother was a politician in my formative years.
I ran for my first office at 25 against an incumbent city councilman. I took 55% of the vote and became the youngest councilman in the area at the time.
I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.
In 1970, I was turning 29 years old, just 4 years out of art school. I had created a black and white drawing style mascot portrait called 'Johnny.' I made a poster for it and sent it around the world to corporate art departments.
My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.
I ran for public office to do something good.
Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.
I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.
My mother at the age of 65 decided she was going to run for mayor. She had never run for public office, and she decided she wanted to try and do some things for the community.