Dec 11, 2017
Mike Purzycki survived a crowded Democratic primary and ousted the incumbent in September 2016. Hear his thoughts on Wilmington 11 months after his inauguration, a personal story about Wellington Mara, what he would do to help education in Delaware, and more.
2:00 - Can you talk about your upbringing in Newark, NJ?
6:30 - Mike reflects on his time with the NY Giants.
9:30 - What was your NFL salary?
10:30 - What prompted your first foray into politics?
12:00 - What made you think about running for Mayor?
15:00 - What kind of resistance did you get about running for Mayor?
16:15 - Why did people think you had no chance?
18:30 - What was the darkest time of the campaign?
19:50 - Can you talk about Eugene working in the cabinet?
21:00 - How has it been going as Mayor for 11 months?
23:30 - Can you talk about walking on the racial sensitivity tight-rope?
28:50 - Do you think the problems of Wilmington are too big for any one Mayor to fix?
33:00 - How would you fix Delaware’s educational system?
35:30 - How can we get City Council to function again?
38:30 - What has been hard to get done?
41:50 - What can we do as a country to come together again?
44:30 - What is the best advice you’ve ever received?