What do you see in the picture?

WW's weekly election feature—designed to scare the hell out of City Hall candidates.

This week's question, emailed to the candidates for ex-Commissioner Erik Sten's seat:

What do you see in the picture?

NICK FISH: "Bud Clark's beard."

ED GARREN: "Being a 'shrink' by profession, I'm the wrong guy to ask this. I see black blots on a white background."

JIM MIDDAUGH: "It looks like a group of voters who miss substantive coverage of important local elections."

FRED STEWART: "Now, that photo would make a cool T-shirt."

HAROLD WILLIAMS TWO: No reply.

Answer

:

Obviously, it’s a lobster.

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