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I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

I need to work to support my family.

I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.

All my kids have worked in the family business. I've been successful at that. My family knows how to work. We all started working very young.

What it takes just to earn a living - working two or three jobs - is driving a wedge in families that shouldn't be there.

What the mayors care about is, 'How can I get money to invest in the infrastructure in my city? How do we put people back to work, lower the unemployment rate, provide for job training programs? How do we make class sizes smaller and make investments in our children from an education standpoint?'

Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing some kind of job that was useful to the community.

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

You have to remember: what are incomes to banks are outgoes to families.