I’ll be voting for Michael Brennan this Election Day.

Mike has doggedly fought for this city over the past four years, during a period when Portland has faced unprecedented and undeserved abuse from Gov. LePage and Augusta. I can’t imagine a more difficult time to be leading this city, a task that has required imagination, improvisation and decisiveness.

I’ve appreciated not only his steady communications and regular presence at the State House but his work locally. A few examples include the Growing Portland collaborative with the Chamber; local transportation, harbor and transit improvements, and his successful advocacy to secure $20 million for the reconstruction of the Hall School.

He’s worked hard as our first elected mayor in almost a century, as Portland has emerged from the nation’s worst recession since the 1930s. I’d like to see him have the opportunity to continue this important work.

Erik C. Jorgensen

Democratic state representative

Portland

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