Today we continue our interviews with City Council candidates hoping to fill District one seat, to be vacated by Councilor Patti Bushee. Yesterday we spoke with Marie Campos and today we hear from Kate Kennedy. We asked the same questions of all: given the recent budget projections – which outline a serious shortfall – what would each propose to do close the budget gap. Kennedy has come under fire first for being the only candidate not to accept public financing for her campaign and today in the Santa Fe New Mexican was criticized for blatantly identifying herself as Democrat in her political mailers in what is supposed to be a nonpartisan election. Kennedy responded in today’s article by saying she had been asked about her party affiliation while on the campaign trail. I began our interview by asking Kennedy to describe her background.