Ken as a mentor

One of my clearest memories of Ken was the day I met him. I had come into the Budget Analyst's Office for a job interview. I remember the chair he was sitting in - in that well worn back room when he asked me what, after a long arduous fire department audit, would I do if my recommendations were summarily disregarded. My response was that I would make the same recommendations again, and when he asked what I would do after they were disregarded a second time, and I said I would make the recommendations yet again, he asked me a third time what I would do...and so it went.

Whether it was my stubbornness that got me the job, I don't know. But I do know that Ken was a great mentor who has left an indelible impression of knowledge in my head and humanity on my heart.