text: Richard Rhyner's attacks against Unions throughout the comments below are hypocritical, ignorant and factually wrong. Mr Rhyner is a retired (and disgruntled) city worker whose own Union membership has earned him a decent retirement. Good for him. But his incessant attacks against unions seem like self-loathing at this point. 
  But his factual errors are worse than his hypocrisy. He asserts that the Mayor was elected by Union voters in a backdrop of low voter turnout. This is factually untrue. 
  
  The Mayor has a mandate from the largest voter turnout EVER in a municipal election and this was a RUN-OFF election, historically low turnout elections, making the Mayor's accomplishment even more impressive. 
  
  Mr Rhyner can waste his retirement being a curmudgeon if he wishes, I would like him to be a better citizen by not spewing nonsense.