I’m Mindy O’Neall, two-term Assembly member, executive director of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, a chronic volunteer and passionate advocate. I’m running for Fairbanks city mayor because I believe our community deserves bold leadership and a real plan for the future.

I’ve lived here nearly 15 years, and in that time, much has stayed the same: buildings torn down, empty lots and parking spaces consume taxable land, housing scarce, energy expensive.

Some things have changed: We have fewer schools, more families in line at the Breadline and more people struggling with homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse. State support has fallen 40%, while federal politics threaten cities with military force, a move our current mayor has publicly endorsed. Fairbanks is stuck in a st

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