One of the best comments we heard in two weeks of meetings with candidates in the Nov. 3 election was delivered by Brisbane Mayor Clarke Conway.

In explaining why he's running for another term on the City Council, Conway said, "I question sometimes, why the hell do I want to do this again?"

The answer, Conway said, is that he wants to see through the planned redevelopment of the Baylands landfill site. But the question itself gives some indication of what we observed in meeting with him, namely that Conway may be the least pretentious public official we've ever come across.

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