With about two weeks to go, candidates make final arguments for mayor at Rotary Club of Santa Barbara forum

It s almost over. Will the one-time frontrunner Kristen Sneddon recapture any momentum? Will Eric Friedman be able to maintain his surge of popularity through election day? Can Wendy Sims-Moten pull off an upset and rewrite the script to overcome the political powerbrokers? The public will find out in 17 days. The top candidates for Santa Barbara Mayor, Eric Friedman, Wendy Sims-Moten and Kristen Sneddon, gathered at the Santa Barbara Club for the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara s mayoral forum. The event was one of the last forums of the election season. Friedman, fresh off the surprise endorsement from the Santa Barbara Independent the day prior, beamed with confidence in answering an array of questions. Unlike other mayoral forums, the Rotary Club event was only 45 minutes long, filled with quick, rapid-fire questions and answers. Former Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong asked the questions—and follow-ups—and pulled no punches. Former Santa Barbar