Duluth Mayor will not run for re-election.

I did not get a chance to comment on this yesterday after he made the announcement. I will do so now.

Mayor Bergson called for a press conference yesterday, he said he would comment on the Connect Duluth press conference. He did nothing of a short, at that time. His announcement was he would not run for mayor again after his term was over. He said he would have to make tough choices do to the retiree health care issue. With these choices he will have to make he says will cause blood to be on the table and it will make it in possible for him to win again. He also said if he does not get this issue solved he would not have ran again. Bergson said he made a promise to Duluth in his first campain to solve this issue. If he could not he would not seek re-election.

Mayor Bergson said that his DWI and other troubles had nothing to do with him not running for re-election. We find it hard to believe that his troubles had NOTHING to do with his decision.

It seems to most people this was a surprise, why? I don't know. This is not a shock to me at all. This Mayor has done little to fix the retiree health care issue, he now has a chance to make tuff choices he spoke of.