DULUTH GREENS - Voters Guide

We asked the 13 candidates for Duluth Mayor or City Council this fall to answer a series of six questions on green party issues. Below are the answers from those that responded.

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Duluth city candidates answers to Duluth Greens 2007 survey

Mayor Candidates 2007 - answers to greens survey

At Large City Council 2007 - answers to greens survey

1st District Council 2007 (east) - answers to greens survey

3rd District Council 2007 (central/park pt.) - answers to greens survey

5th District Council 2007 (west) - answers to greens survey

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1. What plans do you have to increase sustainability in Duluth, to lessen the use of non-renewable fossil fuels in Duluth?

2. What would you do to increase local food production in Duluth and the surrounding area?

3. What would you do to strengthen the union movement in Duluth?

4. As an elected city official of Duluth would you support calling for U.S. troops in Iraq to be brought home now?

5. In light of the Oct. 2005 David Croud incident, would you support an Independent Citizens Review Board for the Duluth Police Department? Such a board would be empowered to independently investigate citizen complaints or concerns regarding actions by members of the city police department.

* duluth greens background on this topic: http://duluthgreens.org/icrb.html

* background: cities around the U.S. have these review boards. one example of how they can work: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_8_69/ai_65241458

* refresher on the Croud story http://mytwobeadsworth.com/DavidCroud.html

6. Would you support Instant Runoff Voting for elections in Duluth?

* background: the citizens of Minneapolis approved IRV voting for their city elections in 2006 http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/irv-passes.asp

* what is IRV / how does it work / IRV news http://www.fairvote.org/irv (and) http://www.fairvotemn.org/