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I don't think Gondek has been perfect, but I definitely don't think she's the worst mayor ever or deserves to be recalled. It kind of seems like at times she's walked down the middle and managed to piss off both sides of the political spectrum.

For instance..

The right is mad about the climate emergency, bag tax, taxes going up, etc.
The left is mad that she (and the rest of council) handed out millions for an arena deal.

Yet if she had just acted as most typical right wing politicians without the climate emergency, bag tax on single use, etc, that same right wing base probably would have been just fine with handing out millions for the arena (in fact in previous elections the right wing mayoral candidate was all for an arena)....and taxes probably still would have gone up. Or, if she hadn't done the arena deal, much of the left would probably still be happy with her.

Sometimes when you get a deal and both sides are a little bit upset that's a sign you found some balance.