To the editor:
I hope everyone in Presque Isle knows about the special City Council election next Tuesday, March 18, at the Sargent Community Center. You can also vote absentee right now at City Hall.
And I’ll say that I’m planning to vote for Harold Hull, because he wants to help the working class of Presque Isle.
Hull knows that all of us, even elders and youth, rely on working people to keep our city running, and we need to support them for it to thrive. If it’s too hard to make ends meet, more businesses will close and new ones won’t take their place. Instead, with energetic, worker-focused leadership on City Council, we can help Presque Isle flourish.
You can watch interviews with three of the four candidates (Kevin Freeman did not participate) on City Council’s website and Facebook. The first question was simply, “Why are you running?”
Harold Hull answered: “It’s becoming increasingly difficult for the working class in this country, and that includes in this city, to climb the economic ladder. And it’s my view that everyone should be able to find meaningful work at a living wage, which allows them the ability to have some money at the end of the month to put into savings. To have a reasonable pathway toward owning a home. And, if it’s their aspiration, to be able to start and maintain a small business. And it shouldn’t be as difficult as it is to make ends meet. So the reason why I’m running is to help those working families to make Presque Isle the kind of place that people are going to want to stay and raise their families.”
The two other candidates’ answers, though well-meaning, were not focused on improving the lives of Presque Isle’s residents. Of all the candidates, Hull has a vision for the city and how it can better support our working class, for the benefit of all.
Vote Hull on March 18.
Rob Kipp
Presque Isle
