“I may be new to politics but I am not new to the issues that confront all of us every day. For 25 years, I dealt with the issues of crime and criminal justice on four levels of government: municipal, county, state and federal.
“I’ve worked with, police officials and with the elected officials and bureaucrats at all those levels; soliciting their input and listening to their approaches
“I’ve dealt with the funding demands of government agencies and what it takes to craft a budget. I’ve worked with purchasing of equipment and meeting staffing needs.
“I’ve dealt with the problems of kids from the suburbs like yours, going to the city to buy drugs and meeting bad ends when they get there.
“I’ve dealt with gangs.
“I’ve dealt with politicians who think that because they were elected, they have special privileges that you and I don’t have.
“I can address all these issues and more – and no one else in this contest for your vote can say the same thing.”