Chuck Horton
We haven’t discussed the Duluth Mayor’s race in a while, partly because city council president Emily Larson is so widely expected to rout boxing trainer and drug counselor Chuck Horton next Tuesday. But Horton’s supporters aren’t letting up, as evidenced by the most jaw-dropping local political media I’ve experienced in a very long time:
Behold, the pro-Horton song “Fighting for Duluth“:
If you didn’t get very far, enjoy this excerpt from the lyrics:
(Yea-yeah) What’s become of our city?
The place we all so dearly love.
We need someone to come and save us
From all the bullies and the drugs.
When we were young we used to ride our bikes around
On the smooth, smooth streets we used to have.
Now all the roads are cracked and crumblin’
And everyone’s on heroin.
I’ve never known Duluth’s streets to be “smooth, smooth,” and I think the premise is that at least some of the people aren’t on heroin (voters?), but who am I to judge? Duluth, this one is up to you.
On a serious note, drugs are a problem in Duluth and they’re a problem on the Range, too. But addressing addiction in society is a deep, complicated challenge — part economics, part cultural, part public health — and probably best separated out from filling potholes and “fighting.”
Written by Aaron Brown for Minnesota Brown © 2014 |
Pro-Horton song warns of Duluth’s potholed heroinscape