During the 19th and early-20th Centuries, intellectuals and community leaders shared their ideas and thoughts in the form of a parlor game that spoke, truthfully, about the innermost them. This week, we speak CANDIDLY with former mayor of Broward County and current candidate for Broward County Commission, Ken Keechl:

Your favorite virtue.
Compassion.
Your favorite quality in a person.
Sincerity.
Your chief characteristic.
Loyalty.
Something you appreciate most in your friends.
Their support.
Your main fault.
I don’t have enough patience.
Your favorite occupation.
Being an elected official.
Your idea of happiness.
Spending time with my spouse, Ted,
and our two dogs, Tasha and Missy.

Your idea of misery.
Listening to right wing nuts argue
against marriage equality.
If not yourself, you would be:
My dogs: they have a great life.
Your favorite food and drink.
Cheese and wine, say no more!
Your ideal place to live.
I love Broward County. I wouldn’t
want to live anywhere else.
Your favorite color.
Blue.
Your favorite author(s).
David McCullough.
Your heroes in real life.
My mom and my dad.
Your favorite food and drink.
Chicken wings and white wine (but
not at the same time)
Your favorite names.
“Kenny.” That’s what my mom always
called me.
Something you hate.
Intolerance and bigotry.
The reform you admire the most.
The slow but steady progress being
made to reform America’s marriage
and adoption laws to be inclusive of
the gay and lesbian community.