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In a sea of candidates, with myriad issues, Danny Thompson is promoting himself as the “common sense,” “no agenda” candidate.

Thompson owns a family-run senior care business, Comfort Keepers. So he’s got the business background – without having a personal financial stake in the decisions the City Council makes, Thompson said.

“People say it’d be nice to have someone up there who doesn’t have a personal agenda,” Thompson said.

A father of four children ages 13 and under, Thompson said he would work to build relationships with other council members so that they can work better as a team and set the direction for the city.

He said the elected leaders need to build more trust with the community.

Thompson said he is a fiscal conservative and a proponent of a zero-based budgeting.

He is also in favor of looking for ways that the city and other municipalities can combine services to save money, perhaps on solid-waste disposal.

Thompson said the City Council needs to take care of both its businesses and its people.

He is in favor of the city creating a program to offer loans to small businesses that would add more jobs.

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