Nice guy, but he couldn’t get past the 9-9-9.
There was nothing wrong with 9-9-9. The problem was that he bowed the instant that there was pressure on that (and every front). He slid back and said, “Well, rebate checks for the poor...” then “Well, we won’t take XXX as income...” then “Of course not seniors...”
He tried to make everyone happy.
You can’t make everyone happy. You LEAD and do what’s best overall.