Why South Bend residents are warning America about Pete Buttigieg

[txradioguy]

When residents of this city’s impoverished West Side reflect on Pete Buttigieg’s two terms as mayor, a few things come to mind:

A spike in violent crime, development that largely ignored the African American community and how their only well-lit street is the one that leads to the University of Notre Dame.

So how, they wonder, can Buttigieg possibly be trusted to run the country?

“If he’s the next president, I fear for our country. He couldn’t run our city. How can he run the United States?” said Michelle Burger, 42, a stay-at-home mom who lives in South Bend’s impoverished and predominantly black West Side.

“Look at all the crime — he didn’t do anything about it. Look at our quality of life. If he becomes president, the United States will become one big South Bend — a giant sinkhole. We’ll be in a new depression.”

Another West Side resident, Cornish Miller, 62, said of Buttigieg, “Rating him 1 to 10, I’d give him a 2.”

“Buttigieg talked about all the improvements he made, but he hardly made a dent,” said Miller, who works for a military supply company.

“The West Side is the most neglected part of town. The street I live on is the only street around here that has lights. That’s because we’re a gateway to Notre Dame.”

Buttigieg’s young age — 38 — along with his Rust Belt childhood, elite education and moderate liberalism, have drawn comparisons with French President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected in 2017 at age 39.

On the stump, Buttigieg comes off as cool, calm and cerebral, with a deeper-than-expected voice, given his boyish appearance. He typically gives speeches wearing a white shirt and tie, with his sleeves rolled up.

Buttigieg’s White House dreams were encouraged by his victory in the bungled Iowa Democratic caucus and his strong, second-place finish last week in New Hampshire’s primary.

But some in South Bend describe Buttigieg’s mayoralty as a nightmare during which FBI data show that violent crimes surged from 622 in 2012, his first year, to 1,088 in 2018, the latest for which statistics are available.

https://nypost.com/2020/02/18/why-south-bend-residents-are-warning-america-about-pete-buttigieg/

[goatprairie]

Yeah, but Bootyjunk won 80% of the vote in his last election.
 I don't know how many eligible voters there are in SB.....there was about than 10,000 votes cast out of maybe 50,000 eligible. Bootyjunk got about 8,500 compared to his opponent, Kelly Jones, getting about 2,000. She failed to win one district in the city coming close in only one.
SB is a strong Dem city. No Republican has won the mayoral election since 1967.  Getting the Dem nomination basically means winning the election.