Born in 1973, she is a strong-willed, narrow-minded woman who was married to the very wealthy and weak-willed Howard Hahn in 1993. While he focuses on enhancing the family wealth, she entered politics and was elected to the City Council in 1998.<p>
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Barbara has enhanced her power since then, gaining a strong political influence. Barbara is now president of the City Council and in fact, does a good job for the most part. On bread-and-butter issues, she is very solid and practical.<p>
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She is influential with the "Silent Majority"......or at least, what she thinks of as the silent majority....in the city. Her conservatism on taxes resonates with the middle class.<p>
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She is reasonable with most bread-and-butter issues, but regarding morality, she is a fanatic. She fights to force the police to concentrate of "cleaning up vice". She is a relentless enemy of sexual providers, legal or illegal, and considers vice to be the one thing that is corrupting American society. She considers all crime as flowing from its corription.<p>
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Though she keeps it private, she is sexually wanton in her personal life. This has been uncovered in the past, but she is one of these politicians who seems to have the ability to have personal scandal bounce off of her.<p>
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She once ran for mayor, but finished last.