For the March 7 Santa Fe municipal election, SFR called up candidates in the City Council District 2 race to test their knowledge. The rules for Pop Quiz
are as follows: No research allowed and if they call back later with the right answer, too bad. To see who answered correctly (or came closest), check out our answer key below.
Questions:
1. The city of Santa Fe has created its first Poet Laureate position. How long is the tenure of the Poet Laureate, and how much will that person earn for ceremonial appearances and education projects?
2. St. John's College is in District 2. Name the two master's degrees it offers.
3. What is the history behind the term "City Different?"
4. What is your idea of an entertaining, enjoyable and possibly raucous Friday night in Santa Fe?
5. What role is the national organization, Trust For Public Land, playing in the Santa Fe Railyard project?
6. How much did the revenue generated from the city's taxable gross receipts grow between 1994 and 2004?
7. Name the two types of bonds the city uses to borrow money.
8. What are the primary negative impacts to the city's living wage law as articulated in the recent study completed by the University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business and Economic Research?
9. Name the recent Woody Allen film that makes reference to the Santa Fe Opera.
10. What other US cities have living wage ordinances similar to Santa Fe's?
Answers:
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Rebecca Wurzburger, 57, runs her own construction management company.
1. I don't know.
2. I don't know. I just know the Great Books.
3. I don't know the history behind the term "City Different."
4. Raucous? For me personally: salsa dancing, which no longer exists. It used to be at Club Alegria.
5. Its primary role is the creation of the parks. They have the initial responsibility for overseeing the park creation, and I've been very supportive of that.
6. I have no idea. It's the largest part of our budget. As for as how much over that time period, I don't know.
7. I'm too tired to remember. Oh God, I'm blanking on it. I can't remember the bonds. This is terribly embarrassing. I should know this. I've been on the Finance Committee for four years now. I can't remember. I can't look in the other room, can I?
8. I don't think they took the position that there was clearly a negative or positive impact but several issues were raised. There was the potential impact of health care choices being made or reduced because of the increased wages. And there was the outstanding impact of compaction: the issue of raising the lower level wages and then what happens to the level above that. Those are the two issues I remember. The report basically says we need to wait and see what happens.
9. I haven't been to a film in four years.
10. In California. This isn't fair! It's morning! I should know this. One in California-I don't know if it's Berkeley-and one on the East Coast.
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Marilyn Bane, 62, is a retired marketing executive.
1. I should know, and I don't know.
2. Oh good heavens! I'm sorry, I don't know.
3. I'd like this to be the City Different but add a couple of Wal-Marts and it won't be.
4. Navigating Canyon Road with my dog Jessie.
5. They're developing the park area.
6. I believe it's averaging 3 percent per year. So from 1994 to 2004, that's 10 years and 30 percent.
7. Um, I think one is a General Obligation Bond. I don't know the other.
8. Well, the report is concerned about entry level workers. And they are concerned about reducing overall work staff and having to cut staff while raising prices.
9. I haven't been able to think about movies since last March, which was when I announced I was going to run.
10. San Francisco and Denver. Shit, Denver is wrong.
SFR Key:
1. The Poet Laureate will serve two years. He/she will receive up to $5,000 in compensation.
2. St. John's College offers master's degrees in Liberal Arts and Eastern Classics.
3. Santa Fe is known as the City Different for numerous reasons-its history, its landscape and its unique tri-cultural composition (Anglo, Hispanic and Native American). According to Steve Lewis, spokesman for the city's Tourism and Promotion Office, the actual term derives from an early 20th century Planning Commission meeting in which city officials conceived of the moniker to draw attention to Santa Fe.
4. Trick question-there's actually no such thing in Santa Fe.
5. The Trust For Public Land was selected by the City of Santa Fe to oversee the planning, design and development of the Railyard's parks.
6. $9 billion, according to the Santa Fe Trends 2005 report released by the city's Planning and Land Use Department.
7. The city of Santa Fe uses General Obligation Bonds and Revenue Bonds to borrow money.
8. UNM's BBER study raises concerns about wage compaction, cost pressures on businesses, a lack of work readiness from the local labor pool, a reduction in work staff and reduced health benefits.
9.
Melinda and Melinda
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10. Washington, DC and San Francisco both have citywide minimum wage laws like Santa Fe's.
