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Why I’m Running

The central challenge of our city is one of priorities – our leaders are prioritizing ambitious and grandiose projects that are leaving us unable to satisfy our fundamental governmental responsibilities. There is perhaps no better example of this than the…

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Services

The central challenge of our city is one of priorities – our leaders are prioritizing ambitious and grandiose projects that are leaving us unable to satisfy our fundamental governmental responsibilities. There is perhaps no better example of this than the…

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Community Voice

Returning the Voice of our Neighborhoods My top priority as a councilmember is to restore the voice of our neighborhoods – in particular, our democratic voice. I write this in response to a series of events that we have witnessed,…

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David with a yard sign in Spanish

Diversity

I'm running to become the first Latino Councilmember in the history of St. Paul. I'll also share a few reasons why you should take this seriously: - Nationally, Latinos account for 19 percent of our population and over half our…

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Budget

One of the biggest myths making its way around St. Paul is the idea that we can only fix our roads if we approve a new 1 percent sales tax. This will be on the ballot on Nov 7th, and the mayor and city council president are encouraging us to get onboard and vote this in (after having already scheduled a 15 percent property tax increase for 2023).

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