Thoughts on some of the issue's.

The third district is a very special district. The people that live in the district care about our community and surrounding areas. We want what's best for us on many issues facing the district and the City of Duluth.

Issues that face this district are tough but with strong leadership we can work them out.

Here are some issues our campaign feels are in important.

Economic Development

Jobs

Keeping our young people in Duluth

Youth activities

Crime

Housing



Now, Duluth and the third district need good paying jobs and economic development. We do this by making our city a business friendly environment and by using caution of spending. We need to be friendlier to business and not chase them out of Duluth. However, can’t be expected to fund everything for the business. We need a good balance of these two tide components on this issue.

Keeping our youth is very important. This includes our collage students and younger. I feel there are a number of ways to do this.

For our youth we need to have better parks and recreation area. We also need show an interest in our youth by reaching out and allowing them to be involved in our city.

To keep our young professionals here we need good jobs. Duluth needs to focus on its strengths in aviation, health care, and the high tech industry. We also need to look for new and growing business that would be interested in coming to Duluth.

Housing and crime kind of tie together, yet they are separate issues. I believe if we had more families involved in home-ownership, that would help reduce crime.

Housing is an issue on many levels in the 3rd district. We need to have a much better balance of home owners and rental property in our district. I have nothing against rental properties; in fact I believe them to be a vital part of our housing market. We do however need more families (permanent residence) in the district and the city as a whole.