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I want to share with you some very exciting news. This week I announced my candidacy for Mayor of Cleveland. At a time when many American big cities are beset by crime and poverty, I intend to bring to Cleveland a new vision of what a city can become when it is truly run in the interests of the people. 
In 1977, when I was first elected Mayor, I set a standard for fearless representation of the public interest. Half of my major appointments came from Cleveland’s African-American community, including the safety director who had authority over the police department. We successfully fought an epic battle to save our municipal electric system, the Division of Light and Power, from a takeover by a utility monopoly. We ran the city on a cash basis, cutting spending 18% by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse -- without reducing city services. We had an intensive, public-interest, service-oriented approach. Government worked in the interest of the people of the city. Today Cleveland has one-half the population and is struggling with crime and poverty. I am prepared to take on the challenge of lifting up our city, and, in doing so, I hope to inspire people everywhere with the possibilities which still exist in urban America. You have been there to support so many of my endeavors. This one can change a city and if successful can be important far beyond Cleveland. I ask that once again, you assist us in our efforts to lift up the human condition. Senator Robert Kennedy once wrote, “Each time [someone] stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, [they] sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Please join me in becoming a ripple of hope for a city that desperately needs help. Please go to Kucinich.com today, and, if you are so moved, please contribute to help make this dream of a new city a reality. Always grateful, Dennis J. Kucinich Please read this important column just published by Norman Solomon, which explains the significance of the Cleveland Mayor’s contest. Thank you. | 
