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Patrick Hobot (Mayor of Blaine, Minnesota, candidate 2024)
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Patrick Hobot ran for election to the Mayor of Blaine in Minnesota. Hobot was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Hobot completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Patrick Hobot provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2024:
- High school: Anoka High School
- Associate: North Hennepin c.c., 1990
- Bachelor's: St. Cloud State, 1993
- Graduate: St. Mary's University of Minnesota, 2010
- Profession: Education Administrator
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Hobot for Mayor, Better for Blaine
- Campaign website
Elections
General election
General election for Mayor of Blaine
Patrick Hobot and Tim Sanders ran in the general election for Mayor of Blaine on November 5, 2024.
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Patrick Hobot completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hobot's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a 23 year resident of Blaine. I chose to raise my family here, and I love this city. I've spent my life in public service creating communities, first as a teacher and then as a director of charter schools. I've developed people, managed organizations, and brought stakeholders together to solve complex problems. I embrace a philosophy of servant- leadership, which means I will always see my job as serving the community abs residents of Blaine first- above special interest groups, and without seeking personal gain from the office.
More recently, I've been a leader in Adult Basic Education helping people earn their GED, upgrade job skills and participate in career training, or prepare for college success. For new Americans we help them acquire language skills and to navigate systems. All of these pursuits are about helping people acquire the skills to gain more access to their community, capitalize on more opportunities to improve their lives, and from that become stronger contributing members back to our community. It's that mindset, doing right by people, that I would bring to the office of mayor.
- Safe, clean, and responsive. Emergency services and public works are the biggest part of our budget, and I pledge to support high quality, fully staffed city services. Our police and fire are a committed, community-oriented group that should be given the tools and support to keep our city safe and connected. Part of the process in keeping Blaine safe is to ensure that no areas go dormant or are allowed to become neglected and dilapidated. Bringing active presence and commerce back to original Blaine will reduce some of the negative impacts that are thought to be growing in those areas. Meanwhile, development must preserve much of the open space and ecosystems that drew many of our residents to this place. We must keep our parks thriving.
- Share the bounty, share the burden. Blaine has put more and more burden upon its residents in the relentless pursuit of new development. I plan to work so that new development is balanced with revitalization, and so that residential density is appropriately distributed across the city. Developers who want to pull profit from our growth will be expected to contribute back to the residents, while business members of the city will be supported in providing a stable, sustainable business environment to ensure residents have high quality options for services, shopping, and entertainment across a spectrum of income levels. We all can prosper together if we build and renew with an intention upon sharing the bounty as well as the burden.
- Transparency, accountability and ethical leadership. I am part of a large group of citizenry that has lost a lot of faith in our government. It appears that, even at the local level, self-interest has taken precedence, and politicians have taken the helm. I'm not a politician, and I still see elected office as first and foremost a place for altruistic service to one's community. I will not have any undeclared conflicts of interest, and I will guard the taxpayers interests with fidelity. The community will have an authentic voice in the direction of our city as I have no predetermined agenda except to find out what the people want and to do my best to deliver that for all of us.
I am particularly passionate about:
- High quality, responsive police, fire, and EMS.
- Smart spending to limit the burdens on our residents.
- Due diligence with partners who profit from our tax dollar.
- Revitalizing original Blaine.
* Revisiting the idea of a Community Center to provide those services for our people and especially our youth.
- Supporting our business community through the pending construction of HWY 65.
- Protecting our open spaces and wetlands, and restoring our canopy.
- Elevating Blaine's status as a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon city to support our high concentration of veteran and active duty citizens military.
- Pursuing a Humane in Blaine policy like our neighbor cities have to end unethical breeding.
I'm wary of looking up to other people, particularly those in the public eye. It's just a persona, and the reality is usually quite flawed. The ones I choose are very ordinary and personal connections. I typically value their authenticity and their ability to share untainted love with their friends and family. Some have overcome great hardship, others have shared great fortune. I'm particularly averse to greed, so humility and charity inspire me as well.
Elected officials must root themselves in honesty, ethical behavior, accountability and ownership, and a servant leader mindset. They must be great listeners with the ability to empathize with all viewpoints and work to bring people of differing opinions together for consensus. Oftentimes, that means leaving your own horse out of the race.
Great leaders are able to weigh all the factors and make sound decisions that they can confidently present to the community as fair and well-supported by the facts at hand.
Honesty, intellect, empathy, imagination, problem solving, communication, and passions for service and for doing what is good.
The core responsibility is to provide the opportunity for a great life for all of the residents of Blaine. That means safe, clean, well-served communities with clean water, well maintained streets and walks, responsive public works, and value for their tax dollar. Public safety and public works are the critical essence of safe, clean cities.
We must build a business-friendly community that promotes quality jobs, amenities and services to the people of Blaine, but one that also feels a connection and commitment to the residential community as well. Businesses that thrive here should help everyone thrive here.
I'm not much interested in legacy. I'm not here to make a large impact on the world, only to make this space a little better. However, if people I love and respect carry thoughts of love and respect for me, then my only other wish is that my children are kind, well, and happy. That would be quite a legacy and leave me plenty rich indeed.
Is the death of Elvis an historical event? I was 8 as the time, and I was a big fan.
My first job was picking cucumbers at the farm on Winnetka Avenue in Champlin. I was eleven, and I had it for a full season. I never really did catch up to the seasonal workers skill and speed at grabbing small cukes for baby dills.
It's probably a series. Stephen King's, The Dark Tower, is an amazing, fantastical, and typically macabre allegory that traverses the King universe following an old western cowboy anti-hero archetype blended with a minister of sorts. It's essentially about the never ending quest for meaning that haunts so many of us. I found it during my young adult angst period and it's always stayed with me.
I'm just trying to work on me. I sometimes say, "Can you imagine being so-and-so?" I'm not really interested in being them, though. I suppose it would be fun to be superman for a day- flying would be cool.
I sing in a band, so.... ya know? I will say, though, that there's an artist named Ren from Wales and the UK. He might be the most all around talented artist active today. Multiple instruments at elite level, genre bending, writes, sings, raps, produces, and designs his own videos.
He's totally independent with an amazing, tragic backstory. The previous question asked about struggles... he humbles me. His music resonates with me and makes me think, so whatever song of his I listened to last is stuck in my head until the next one.
He's totally independent with an amazing, tragic backstory. The previous question asked about struggles... he humbles me. His music resonates with me and makes me think, so whatever song of his I listened to last is stuck in my head until the next one.
We have s saying in my home that everyone's life is as hard as the one they're living. It means that we shouldn't judge other people's struggles. What may seem a struggle to me may not to another, and vice versa. We all have different gifts and opportunities to forge our character. I can say that my struggles have been many, but none so great that they need to become other people's burdens, so I'll keep them private and count my blessings.
Maybe I'm an idealist, but it seems simple. The mayor should share a vision that represents the greater good for a community with a whole bunch of empathy for those who disagree. They work diligently to build condition of communication, negotiating, and consensus. Everyone should feel that they've been heard and dealt with honestly, even if the outcome was not what they'd hoped for. Authenticity is a rare thing in politics, but I still believe that people should remain true to who they are and not misrepresent that to the people. Trust is only built this way, and I long for a time when more people can put more trust in those they select for office.
When that happens, the mayor can represent the city in all things that serve the city at any scale. Blaine is fortunate to have even international audiences to engage, and the mayor should be representative of the best we have to offer.
When that happens, the mayor can represent the city in all things that serve the city at any scale. Blaine is fortunate to have even international audiences to engage, and the mayor should be representative of the best we have to offer.
The mayor contributes to the vision of the city as a whole, supports economic development, focuses on infrastructure needs, communicates the business and welfare of the city to its stakeholders, watchdogs the budget to give residents value for their dollar, and acts as a key player to build consensus and support for the decidions that are made.
I love Blaine's parks and the conscious effort to include wildlife protected areas in neighborhoods. I love the mix of many small businesses with some staple larger companies. I love that my neighborhood is full of long-term residents, so our kids all grew up together. I love the growing diversity of Blaine that is creating a new tapestry of cultures and foods and communities. I love that people really care about the community they live in and appear to choose to be good to each other more often than not. I have loved our schools and teachers throughout our kids education, and I truly hope they find a way to sustain that through the budget challenges they are facing. While e certainly face challenges with our growth, housing, infrastructure, there is just so much here that is idyllic and representative of simpler times mixed in.
Smart, sustainable development in the face of pressures from an expanding metro area. We have to figure out how to provide solid infrastructure while not over burdening the current residents to assure for paced growth, and we need to make sure we have the revenues to support public safety and public works.
Healthy communication and a supportive environment for mutual goals while ensuring Blaine has a strong voice and opportunities to control much of its own direction when working with the state. We'd like to preserve as much independence from the state as we reasonably can but not cut ourselves of from the benefits of being part of that larger community as well.
With the National Sports Center located here, Blaine and the state share mutual interests tied to the 105th sports sector. That remainder needs to stay strong.
With the National Sports Center located here, Blaine and the state share mutual interests tied to the 105th sports sector. That remainder needs to stay strong.
I think we should take every penny they are willing to give us that doesn't interfere with our self determinism.
What did the snail on the back of the turtle say? WHEEEEE!
I think the mayor should be highly supportive of law enforcement and work to keep their budget strong si that the officers are safe and the community is well served. I believe the mayor and police chief should work together to keep public relations positive with the community. Unfortunately, some public opinion toward law enforcement has gone negative (deservedly so in some cases), but Blaine is not that. My understanding of our officers is that they largely get to be and do what good people who choose that life wanted to be and do... serve and protect a community they love. To that point, I would strive for an even more visible presence of a "we're here to help everyone be safe" mentality while still catching bad actors.
I haven't sought any. I prefer to be free of any perceived alliances. I'm truly interested in representing what I think is best once I know as much as I can as opposed to meeting any particular group's agenda.
This is an issue of great importance in Blaine currently, and the public has an absolute right to know how their tax dollars are being spent.
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2024 Elections
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