Streetalk: How can a mayoral candidate get your vote?

By playing Bocce — or another game involving balls.

Cait: A Bocce tournament. It takes skill, determination and certainly an amount of humility that most people just don’t have. I’m not interested in politics. Just another face with the same story. I’d like to see a politician play Bocce. I actually challenged a candidate to play Bocce and to talk and have a beer and throw some balls around. Whoever the candidate is, it would show they were a person like myself who is struggling with a lot of issues but approaching the problems with patience, much like tossing a Bocce ball.

Byron: I got to meet the mayor of Atlanta, the woman with the gray hair, and it was like, who are you? I didn’t even know she existed. I’m from St. Louis, and Mayor Francis Slay made it a point of interest for his citizens to know who he was, even though he was a Republican. I don’t think politicians in Atlanta have any interest in, like, “Who are you?” So how would you get my vote? Make yourself relevant to me. I’m the voter here. I’ve been a resident of Atlanta for two and half years and am completely ignored.

Chase: If they can suck my dick and lick my balls at the same time, then maybe, yeah. I can’t even phantom, or whatever the vocabulary word is for it, contemplate, a mayor. I don’t care, really. Honestly. I’ve voted every time for myself. I sign my name in there every time, dog. My name is Chase Hill. I vote for myself, and I get other people to vote for me, too. I was voted the best looking in high school. I should be president or mayor or whatever we’re talking about. I’m a champion, dude.

(Photos by Jeff Slate)