His journey led to elected office in 1992, when he was asked to run for County Board Supervisor of the Eighth District, representing the city's southwest side. He won the election and was re-elected in 1996. He is the board's first vice chairman, chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee, and a member of the Parks, Energy and Environment Committee, and the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. I believe it's to show that a diverse community of people can live together and prosper not in spite of it, but because of it. We also have to reconnect people to the democratic process, and this takes place at the local level every day.
Local government is where the tire meets the road for democracy.
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