Santa Barbara City Hall (Aston Smith/Santa Barbara News-Press)

Dear Editor,

The most important quality of a mayor is judgment. It is judgment informed by heart, as well as based on critical and objective thinking, not beholden to any political party.

In addition, such a person ought to be willing to bring people together through compromise in order to find solutions which benefit us all.

Eric Friedman is such a person and that is why I am supporting him for mayor.

Hadley Johnson
Santa Barbara