Cranston Mayoral Candidate Stycos Pours $50K Into Campaign Focused on Kids, Safety - and Diversity
Friday, April 24, 2020
Democratic Cranston City Councilman Steve Stycos appeared on GoLocal LIVE to discuss running for Mayor, what his priorities are -- and putting $50,000 of his own money into the effort. He now has $60,000 cash on hand.
"I think we need a Mayor who is open to talk to the citizens, to listen to their concerns and to attack the problems the city has," said Stycos. "More specifically I’m a strong supporter of the public schools and funding them properly, of open space, of diversifying our workforce — which is a big problem in Cranston. We have a 23% minority population and our full-time workforce is only 3% Black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American."
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"I think we’re going to have tremendous financial problems with our budget this year, [which is based] on a 99 percent collection rate -- we’re not going to have a 99 percent collection rate next year," said Stycos. "We also have a pension fund that has an unfunded liability of $230 million."
Stycos spoke to the needs to assess the city’s financial positions — and make priorities.
“I think our kids are our top priority — and public safety,” he said.
Fundraising Battle
"I’m not going to have the big corporate backing as some [opponents] have had — over the years I’ve developed supporters who are going to be giving me small contributions," said Stycos.
In his last campaign finance report, Stycos revealed he had lent himself $50,000, bringing his ending cash balance to just over $60,000.
Stycos’ personal effort pushed him ahead of Republican opponent Michael Farina, who has $47,509 cash on hand as of the last filing period.
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