I`m the one who gets called up about a problem. I`m the one who gets called up about the street lighting and the abandoned car. I`m the one who gets blamed if the police don`t arrive. I`m the one they blame if a city truck is broken down.
I`m one who demands a lot from people. I`m not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That`s what I`ve done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.
I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down.
Let`s see, in the last 11 years I ran twice in `80, once in `83, twice in `84, twice in `88, twice in `89 and twice in `91. Eleven times.
