Freman Hendrix
Freman Hendrix
Freman Hendrix is an American Democratic politician from the state of Michigan. He served as Deputy Mayor for former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer from 1997 to 2001. He ran twice, unsuccessfully, as a mayoral candidate in the city of Detroit: in 2005 against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and for the 2009 special election called to replace the ousted Kilpatrick...
outdated strategy
In many ways, this is a tired, kind of outdated strategy that may have had its place in the 1970s and 1980s.
direct directly experience grassroots home integrity message result senior taking voters
It's a direct result of the grassroots campaigning I've been doing; the home meetings, the senior lunches. I've been taking my message directly to voters and it's a message of experience and integrity.
admit city detroit problem
If you want to get a problem solved, the first thing you have to admit is that you have a problem. The city of Detroit is teetering on bankruptcy.
anytime authority aware car concerned expect fully looking talk
Anytime you talk about the possibility of threats, his car was vandalized as I think many of you reported. We?re very concerned about that and we fully expect the authorities are keenly aware and will be looking into them.
elected job ready
This is not his fault; he was not ready. Getting elected and being ready to do the job are two different things.
knows manage
This is about who knows how to manage a big-city budget.
crime king opponent smoke statistics
My opponent is the king of smoke and mirrors. His budget's been smoke and mirrors. His crime statistics have been smoke and mirrors.
ask four today
Ask yourself ... are you better off today than you were four years ago? I think if you're like most Detroiters you'll say that we're struggling. And I think we need to do better.
beyond came caused curve learning office opponent situation steep
The learning curve that was so steep for my opponent when he came into office caused this situation to be exacerbated beyond what it should have been.
bad city good guys ready
Are you ready to get your city back? We're the good guys and we're outworking the bad guys.
again believe city election far hope indeed journey promise
This election is far from being over. The celebration is far from being ended. And this 21-month journey is very much alive, it is well and the hope for this city -- the promise that we can indeed be a city that we can believe in again -- is on schedule.
desperate man sounds
This sounds to me like the ploy of a desperate man who is down in the polls.
against complete expected resolution running time wasted
Wow, just wow. If I expected this to happen, I wouldn't have wasted my time running against him. He's presided over the complete resolution of all the city's problems.