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Our 1st Ward Council Race Questionnaire editors do not issue endorsements lightly. The candidates listed below are endorsed based on the written responses we received to our questionnaire. Their words speak for themselves.
Candidate Joe Ferris and Margaret Morris responded that the notice was too short and plan to provide fuller answers later. Candidates Kamal Johnson and Gary Purnhagen did not respond to the editors’ request.
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✅ Donna Streitz — write in candidate! 📝
✅ Henry Haddad
✅ Patricia Ramoska
⛔ Gary Purnhagen
Donna Streitz: There is no one book, and many classics come to mind. But if I were to pick one it would be a modern book, by Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point.
Gary Purnhagen: No Response.
Henry Haddad: Magicians of the Gods.
Patricia Ramoska: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
Donna Streitz: Being truthful.
Gary Purnhagen: No Response.
Henry Haddad: I do not compromise on equality and fairness.
Patricia Ramoska: “If not now, when” — to hate is non-productive and a waste of energy.
Donna Streitz: I am not currently in politics. The 1st Ward Council Member position is community service, not a full-time job. I would continue my current activities.
Gary Purnhagen: No Response.
Henry Haddad: Hudson politics is not and should not be a career. Mayor and Common Council are the only full time elected positions. An Alderman is a part time position. I will continue to restore and manage buildings in Hudson, while offering affordable and sustainable commercial residential and retail rentals space in Hudson.
Patricia Ramoska: Working in the garden, reading, drawing or painting, and sewing.