Fall and the Primary - Both upon us in Duluth

This weekend there is no doubt that fall has arrived in Duluth. It’s been cool the last two days. On Thursday, we had 89 degrees and high humidity. The weatherman told us it would the last hot day we would see until spring! Today’s high is probably around 60.
So, fall is definitely here.

Along with fall in Duluth comes our primary. The primary is coming up on Tuesday. Duluth has a large number of candidates running for Mayor, along with the incumbent, who said he wasn’t running, but then threw his hat in the ring after all. There will be 11 on the ballot. That’s a lot of candidates! The top two will run against each other in November. Also, there are City Council Candidates running for open council seats, including two “At Large” seats to represent the whole city, also very important races.

I have been reading and studying up, to intelligently decide which candidates to vote for, which ones will be the best for our city. Our city is in some pretty dire straits these days, an unresolved health care issue for city retirees, the SMDC parking ramp issue, the raid on the fund that was to pay for our city streets getting back into good shape, all these things, plus more, causing BIG financial problems. It’s quite vital to our city for good leadership to address these issues. Our vote on Tuesday will mean more than ever, for the future of our city.

I want to encourage every voter to tune in to the our public access TV station and WDSE station to watch the “News Tribune Endorsement Interview process” that is televised quite often, and to the “Meet the Candidate” shows, where each candidate talks. Become informed. Both of these were on this afternoon, and I watched one them for the second time, in case I missed something the first time I saw it. I also read that only 54 % of the eligible voters in the city voted in our last election. That is really sad. Please, please get out on Tuesday and vote during this very important primary! And, if you are new to town, and you aren’t registered, you can register at the polls! Don’t wait until the general election, your choice for mayor might not make it through the primary to the general election if you don’t vote on Tuesday! Vote the Primary!