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What's your process when writing a stand-up show?

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There seems to be a real split between your earlier television work (Popworld/Buzzcocks) and your (later/taped) stand-up shows/later television work in terms of style and subject matter. I never got to see your early stand-up work, so I can't really speak to that. Was Popworld/Buzzcocks an anomaly or was there really a point where you changed things up? Either way, why? What caused the anomaly or change-up?

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Are you planning on expanding on the issues section of your website? All these points are incredibly short and some are downright vague. For instance:

Unnecessary Budget Expenditures: One of the major flaws of a large government is a bloated budget. By carefully scrutinizing each and every financial allocation, we can ensure that we're not wasting money.

That you're going to look over the budget seems like a given for any candidate. The way you've phrased this, you seem like a small government type of politician - so I'm guessing there'll be cuts. Have you identified possible "wastes of money" already?

Exploring Other Sources of Revenue: It's always better to be proactive rather than reactive. By seeking out alternative sources of revenue, we can provide better services for our citizens while avoiding increases in their financial burden as taxpayers.

Like what?

Putting Long-standing Contracts up for Bid: Fair competition in a free market is what drives America. By putting long-standing city contracts up for bid, we can assure that we're not paying exorbitant rates for standard services.

What kind of services are we talking about here? What's the current state of these contracts? Are the services you're talking about already doled out to private companies or are you talking about privatising public services? What kind of savings are you imagining here?

And what about all the issues you haven't mentioned at all? Like any social issues, housing, homelessness, social programs, local justice, welfare, drugs (other than the legalise it stance you've mentioned in these comments), city services, energy, healthcare, unemployment, childcare, women's and minority rights, culture, and so on. How do you think you'll be able to reach the people of Plantation with a program that seems to be written for the average libertarian techie redditor?

More questions: what kind of message are you sending by having a stance on issues like library equipment and smart lights, but not about the issues mentioned above?

You're obviously leaning heavily into the tech angle. Tech programs are notoriously expensive and hard to implement. How are you planning on funding this? How do you plan on handling the transition into these programs - especially wrt teaching city workers how to operate them? Is your plan here to automate certain services as well? If so, how many jobs do you think this will cost?

I don't see you mention any affiliation to either political parties. How do you intend to govern a city that would still be run by people who do belong to one or the other party? How do you intend to enact your political goals?

In your bio, I don't see any political experience. How do you justify making your first political step a grab at the mayorship? Do you think you've built enough of an understanding of the local communities without first running for positions where you'll come into contact with them more often?