Iam running for Duluth City Council At Large. I am a business owner and homeowner, and I've managed to be those two things through not only a lot of work but with a lot of opportunity and advantage I believe every Duluth citizen deserves — in spite of roadblocks and obstacles that exist in this city for all but the very privileged.
Corporate interests, developers, lobbyists, and utilities have direct access to our city leaders, it seems. Regular citizens are routinely ignored, pushed aside, and silenced by those same leaders. And that affects every one of us economically, socially, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Those who feel they have no voice are left with no interest in voting or getting involved because they believe nothing will change. The status quo is blamed on the "have-n