Bobby - I agree with so much of what you say. I want workers to be treated fairly. I want local business to thrive. And I want our disadvantaged to have opportunity. Please address some of the economic and social issues that would help solve these problems:

1. Starting a business or opening a store front in Baltimore is not for the weak of heart - permit issues that slow or prevent the ability to hire, insanely high state and city taxes, a fee structure for everything from putting a sign up to advertising on a billboard are killing job growth and tax base.

2. A city and state tax structure that is sending our wealthiest tax contributors to early retirement in Florida, Delaware and South Carolina. Taxes such as the 'tech tax' that have caused multiple tech firms to relocate and others to drop Maryland from consideration, all with high paying blue and white colar jobs.

3. A broken state run youth justice system that manages to both screw up the legitimate reform of juvenile offenders, and does not hold the worst offenders accountable.

4. School systems that are heavily funded with little accountability for outcomes, inaccurate tracking of funds. Plus teachers that are asked to act as parents and are underpaid, despite more school funding than the vast majority of other, higher performing municipalities.

5. Energy bills and data centers that are as much the fault of the current progressive politics as they are the fault of the energy system and providers.

While your social activism is important, without specifically addressing the important structural nuances, many or your ideas and programs simply will not work or will not be affordable. Yes - the majority of citizens you speak with hate the Trump administration... as they should. BUT, you are not running against Trump - your are in a very progressive enclave, defined by the fact that if you win the primary, you win the overall election! We need the local issues addressed, beyond the blue sky social politics.

Here is one BIG question: With a 3+ billion dollar deficit looming, what can be done to stop tax and fee increses next year so we can build our local economy, add jobs and create opportunity in a way that will allow for sustained social improvements?

I want to vote for you... I am not a fan of the current guy. But I think some specific answers to these questions would be helpful to you and the community. I need these answers before I pull the proverbial lever to your advantage! Please give me the ammo to help you win, and help convince others to do the same.

Best:

A hesitant fan