WHITTIER, STEVENS SQUARE, LORING HEIGHTS, VENTURA VILLAGE, and PHILLIPS WEST
Sustainability, conservation, and economy in Minneapolis government

January 10, 2009 seems to be about the day I decided to run for City Council.  That was the date I wrote a document describing “What I want from my government”.  It is still on the back of my brochures and on this website as the home page.  I am proud to say that it has hardly changed at all.

Had I been changing it would suggest that I was tailoring my message.  That has not been the case.

At someone’s doorstep last summer I was told, “I always appreciated Paul Wellstone not so much because I agreed with him, but because I always new exactly where he stood on an issue”

I hope I am living up to that standard.  This website is an in-depth review of my philosophies, Everyone who looks at it will be able to find something they disagree with.  However, now you know what I am about.

I don’t know what I will do, politically speaking, if I lose the election.  I may just concentrate on being a very good Refrigeration and Maintenance Mechanic, or I may take up a specific cause.  I think it might be good someday Minneapolis were to have a Part-time City Council.

But, win or lose, it has been interesting!

I want to win because we in Minneapolis simply have not been well served by our City Government.
HOME      ABOUT ME
I am 59 years old, I have lived in the Whittier neighborhood for seventeen years. 

 

I fortunate to be able to say am employed by a good employer and represented by a Union Local that has practical leadership.  I have had as many ups and downs in employment as anybody. 
 
My job title is 'Boiler Engineer', and I also provide support as a maintenance mechanic for manufacturing.
 
The vast majority of my working life has been in the construction, maintenance, or repair fields.
I was born in Minneapolis in 1950.  I went to Cooper, Howe elementary schools, and Sanford Jr. High, all of which are in South Minneapolis.  During my high school years I lived in Red Lake Falls, MN with my Grandmother after my Grandfather died.  
In 1982 I graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in mechanical engineering.  
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In 1968 I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.  I was trained as a Radio Operator and spent eighteen months in Viet Nam as a Forward Air Controller with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.  I received a Navy Commendation end of tour award.
SOME DISAGREEMENTS IN POLITICS ARE PERSONAL, SOME ARE PARTISAN, AND SOME GO TO THE HEART OF THE MEANING OF A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY.
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