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About this race
The city council is responsible for governing the city, including overseeing administrators, approving a budget and passing city ordinances. Councilors do not have any individual authority and can only exercise power as part of the council.
Andy Haarklau and Kevin Tinquist are incumbents whose seats are up for election this year. Both are running for reelection.
The winners of the election will begin their four-year terms in January.
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Incumbent
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Age on Election Day: 22
Employment: I'm currently employed at Boswell energy center in Cohasset, where I'm a environment system operator
Please share any prior experience and education that you believe qualifies you for office.
I have no formal education concerning politics, but I have lived in Cohasset all my life. Through living here and talking with the residences I believe I have a firm grasp of what the community needs and could benefit from.
Why are you running?
I'm running to grow a better Cohasset for it's current and future residents.
Why should voters elect you?
Voters should elect me because I bring a new view to local politics.
Please describe the roles and responsibilities of the office you are running for.
Some of the roles and responsibilities of city council are to approve the annual, set the city levy, create/change city ordinances, approve and deny zoning changes and development proposals.
Name a public leader you admire and explain why.
I admire Congressman Thomas Massie because of his views on civil liberties, constitutional originalism, and fiscal conservatism.
What are the three biggest issues your city is facing?
I believe our biggest issues are lack of high paying employment opportunities, housing/apartment shortage and increasing property taxes.
Which of those three issues is most important to you, and how would you address it if elected?
The most important issue to me is the lack of high paying jobs. I would address this by making Cohasset a place where businesses want to invest.
What steps, if any, would you take to support or oppose data centers?
As of now I would vote against AI data centers because of the risk to public health and surrounding natural resources, also because of the lack of electrical infrastructure required to support it.
Many Northern Minnesota cities are experiencing tightening budgets. Where would you propose making cuts, if needed?
If budget cuts where to take place I would propose to making cuts to non essential city programs/services.
Incumbent
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Still have questions for the candidates? Contact information for all those who've filed to run for office can be found at candidates.sos.state.mn.us.
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