Grumpycat
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Are you forgetting South Bend's loser of a mayor?
Would you buy an electric truck?
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Are you forgetting South Bend's loser of a mayor?
MossRoad
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Politics aside, and as far as amount of work and motivation of the locals, he got a lot done while mayor. The town hasn't looked this active or attractive since the mid 60's. LOTS of new construction on large projects and an active night-life area in the downtown. I can't vote for mayor because I don't live inside the city limits. I did not like several of the mayors before him, nor some of the ones that were in office when I did live inside the city limits. I'd have to give him an 8 out of 10 overall as compared to his predecessors. He always appears open, honest, sincere, and intelligent. I first met him back around 2010 when he was the main speaker at my daughter's National Honor Society induction. The publisher of our local newspaper told me I should pay attention to this "kid" when he gave the talk, because he was going places. Overly mature for his young age. He speaks multiple languages.
And the loser has a military service record...
Military service
In 2014, Buttigieg began his deployment at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Buttigieg joined the U.S. Navy Reserve through the direct commission officer (DCO) program and was sworn in as an ensign in naval intelligence in September 2009.[64] In 2014, he took a seven-month leave during his mayoral term to deploy to Afghanistan.[65][66][67] While there, Buttigieg was part of a unit assigned to identify and disrupt terrorist finance networks. Part of this was done at Bagram Air Base, but he was also an armed driver for his commander on more than 100 trips into Kabul. Buttigieg has jokingly referred to this role as "military Uber", because he had to watch out for ambushes and explosive devices along the roads and ensure that the vehicle was guarded.[68] In order to better communicate with the local Afghans, he learned some Dari (a dialect of the Persian language). Buttigieg was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal[5] and resigned his commission from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2017.[69][70]
When you compare on a scale using the previous mayor as a standard you give an unfair advantage to him or anyone you compare.
What would he rate when compared to the expectations you would set for yourself or your own children? My guess would be he would rank closer to a 1 or 2 with the former mayor being in the negative numbers!
What would he rate when compared to the expectations you would set for yourself or your own children? My guess would be he would rank closer to a 1 or 2 with the former mayor being in the negative numbers!
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You couldn't be more wrong. I wouldn't have minded working for someone like that in a non-political company.
tduby
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There you go being crazy judging a man on his merits rather than his political party blasphemy!!
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There's a few parts to the mayor's job...
- Running the business of the town.
- Politics.
- Public relations.
He did a really good job of running the business, and I'll not comment on the politics. He was dealt some tough hands on the public relations that I think he could have handled better, and I won't comment on specifics on that either.
Anywho... back to electric trucks.
For a second vehicle, I could really use something about the size of the old Volkswagen Rabbit pickup. I rack quite a few miles up running back and forth to my garden/livestock area, even though it's only 1/4 mile. something simple and inexpensive for that, and to run to the PO or town would be handy. I even was looking at the Prius; and probably would have bought one if I had first found an F250 that I liked.
I hate to admit it but I think Tesla’s and particularly the cybertruck are pretty cool. I am opposed to the green movement. I think we need to be good stewards of the earth and not recklessly damage it but in my opinion most of these environmental regulations are extreme knee jerk reactions often with false economy. I think many purchase these electric vehicles as virtue signaling and I don’t want to be associated with that.
For a small runabout, I would seriously consider the Ioniq hybrid. A year or so back, I came across a reference to lifetime-warranty-to-the-original-purchaser on the HV pack. That would be a good fit for how stupid-long I keep vehicles......
That coverage (at the time - not sure if it still applies) was USA only. Otherwise, there is a pretty good chance one would be sitting in my driveway about now.
I don't make enough money to ignore Canuck fuel prices.....
Rgds, D.
tduby
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I would get an electric class 5 truck in a heart beat provided it could tow just as well. I worked on some larger hybrid trucks and they are a blast to drive and for many applications make a lot of sense. A hybrid garbage truck works out really well just a small engine to run the hydraulics and the stop and go regenerative brakes help it get routes finished faster.
