My family is part of our shared history. My father taught me that success requires working together - as a team. Not as Democrats or Republicans but as Pittsburghers.
Only by putting party politics aside and working together can we say YES. Yes to fixing streets. YES to keeping areas around our schools safe. YES to making Pittsburgh a green energy center. YES to ending the culture of gun crime and gangs.
Our mayor says we have an inferiority complex. I say he's wrong. He says we can't; I say we can. I say YES to making this city even greater.
The City of Champions should no longer just refer to the grass and the ice - but to our schools, our innovation and our children.
We've always been as tough as steel. But know the truth - we're smart as well. We've polished our city and we're proud. But we're not done. We're just beginning. Let's say YES to forging ahead!