It’s no secret that I’m 100% supporting Eugene Young for Mayor of the city of Wilmington. He’s young, energetic and has a vision and a plan for our entire city.
Cassandra wrote about him (and the other candidates) here. I’ll copy what she wrote about Eugene:
Eugene Young — Advocacy Director, Delaware Center for Justice
Eugene is a young man from Wilmington’s East Side who has spent his career in public service, including founding and running the Delaware Elite program. Eugene announced this month, with a hugely professional announcement (a nice press release, an intro video, and a website launch) controlled by the campaign (not forced by the media) and designed to capitalize on the groundwork his folks have been executing since the beginning of the year. He also started walking the neighborhoods on the day he announced. This promises to be a highly energetic and focused campaign effort by a young man (and a young-ish team) looking to change Wilmington’s tipping point to a positive one. He has alot of work to do to ask for votes all over the city, but he seems committed to spending the shoe leather to do that. I think that the campaign that he and his Team plan to run will upend the usual path to running for Mayor here, which should have some long term political consequences, not the least of which is energizing a group of young Wilmington professionals to weigh into a conversation about creating the city they want to live in.
I canvassed with Eugene this past fall and was impressed with his grasp of the issues and his solutions. I’m impressed by the broad coalition of volunteers and staff he has been surrounded himself with — people who are energizing their networks and creating one of the most professionally run campaigns I’ve ever seen in the city. It is gratifying to see (and work with!) younger people energized by stepping up to do the work of making sure that Wilmington is a great place for them to live in and work in.
The diversity and outreach in this campaign is awe-inspiring. Eugene is campaigning across the entire city, in every community. That’s refreshing and smart. Far too often candidates for mayor focus solely on certain communities. Even worse, a few pit communities against each other by employing fear and the familiar “tough on crime” stance, dividing the city into “us and them”.
It’s also no secret that campaigns need contributions. It’s also also no secret that our city needs a new direction and vision. I believe the person capable of setting us on a new path is Eugene Young. So I’m calling on (really, asking) the DL statewide community (because you guys are awesome!) to contribute to Eugene’s campaign. In order to keep track of our awesomeness please add .16 to your contribution. (You know… 25.16)
Click here to donate and make my day!
(Don’t forget to add the .16!)
*The campaign is having a citywide canvass/rally/bbq on May 7. All are welcome. Details here.