The candidates for City Council District 9 agree on almost everything, including their choice of political insults.
The two Latino Democrats in the race, Ricardo Flores and Georgette Gomez, can’t resist comparing each other to Donald Trump.
Their race is the last real City Council race on the ballot. The Council is guaranteed to have a 5-4 Democratic majority, but the winner of the District 9 race will help define its tone.
They both talk about many of the same issues – public safety, infrastructure, housing. They both lament the city’s inability to focus on things that don’t involve