Bob Long for Saint Paul - Vote September 11

About | A Letter From Bob Long | Biography | Accomplishments | Positions

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Accomplishments

•	Six years as a Saint Paul City Council Member (1988-94).
•	Past President of the League of Minnesota Cities and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities.
•	Co-founder of the Minnesota Justice Foundation.
•	Partner at Kennedy & Graven. Serves as city attorney and economic development and government relations counsel for numerous cities.
•	Saint Paul business owner of Long & Associates, LLC at 748 Grand Avenue, a business marketing and public affairs company.
•	Co-founder of SoccerDocs and co-inventor of the patented "Headers" protective soccer headband.
•	Former Special Assistant Attorney General to Attorney General Hubert "Skip" Humphrey.
•	Former Staff aide to Mayor George Latimer.

A Leader on CHILDREN'S ISSUES
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•	Chief author of Saint Paul's Comprehensive Child Care Ordinance.
•	Chief author of the Child Care Partnership Grant Program.
•	Established and Co-chaired Children's Issues Council.
•	Initiated Saint Paul's family leave policies prior to the federal act.

A Leader on HOUSING ISSUES
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•	Initiated Saint Paul's Middle Income Housing Program.
•	Past Board Member of the Twin Cities Family Housing Program.
•	Past Board Member of the Women's Advocates Battered Women's Shelter and the Overnight Shelter.

A Leader in HUMAN RIGHTS
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•	Co-author of Saint Paul's Human Rights Amendment and vigorously campaigned against its repeal.
•	Authored city anti-stalking ordinance.
•	Proposed measure that resulted in Saint Paul's first women firefighters.
•	Co-author of legislation creating the Saint Paul Citizens Police Review Commission.

A Leader in BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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•	Chief author of Saint Paul's one-half cent sales tax that financed the new River Centre and the city's portion of the new Xcel Energy Center.
•	Worked with the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce in leading the effort to bring the Minnesota Children's Museum downtown.
•	Worked with the Saint Paul PED, Ramsey County HRA, and the St. Paul Port Authority to bring Homestyles.com and its more than 80 jobs from Minneapolis to St. Paul to be part of the growing "cyber village" in Lowertown.
•	As chair of the St. Paul Port Authority Finance Committee, led efforts to begin brownfields clean-up in Saint Paul and to site 5 new industrial parks - 4 of which have been completed.
•	Chief author of legislation that established the District Cooling System, which allows many older buildings in downtown to remain economically viable.
•	Initiated the Port Authority's business development loan program.

A Leader in CRIME PREVENTION
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•	Established the Domestic Abuse Prosecution Unit.
•	Authored Neighborhood Crime Prevention Grant program.
•	Leader in the effort to create City's Community Policing program.

A Leader in ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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•	Received special award from Clean Water Action for the creation of the Environmental Cities caucus.
•	Named Environmentalist of the Year by the Sierra Club in 1989 for the Saint Paul plastics packaging ordinance.
•	Initiated the city's energy conservation program retrofitting city buildings with energy efficient systems.
•	Chief author of the "No Net Loss" Parklands provision of the city charter.
•	Chief author of legislation creating the Saint Paul Bicycle Advisory Board and establishing bike lanes on city parkways.
•	Co-author of legislation establishing the Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Commission.

A Leader in SAVING TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS
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•	Chief author of legislation that consolidated the Fire and Police pension funds with the state PERA, saving the city over $25 million since 1994.
•	Co-author of legislation creating LEIP, the city's combined licensing and inspection office.

A Commitment to SAINT PAUL
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•	Bob and his wife, Karen, live in Saint Paul's Highland Park neighborhood with their children, Nick and Kate.
•	Eight years as coach of youth hockey and soccer through neighborhood athletic associations and recreation centers including the Highland Hockey Association, Blackhawks Soccer Club and the Highland-Groveland Recreation Association.
•	Served as a board member for numerous community organizations, including the District 14 Community Council and the Energy and Environment Resource Center.

Feel free to call Bob at 651-645-9171 or email him at bob@longforsaintpaul.com.