Canadian Invasion
Sort of.
A candidate for Pittsburgh City Council said yesterday that his lack of United States citizenship is no bar to taking office.
David Schuilenburg of Summer Hill said he is a Canadian but a legal permanent resident of the United States. He said he started the naturalization process, which leads to citizenship, last month.
He said there is no bar to a noncitizen running for office.
"If we're going to fight for democracy abroad, we should practice it at home," he said. Voters he's interviewed "are just happy that there's a breath of fresh air that's coming through."
Surprisingly, he's not a Democrat.
Independant.
Pennsylvania
Posted by AlexC at October 19, 2006 1:49 PM
Actually I am! As usual, the media always seems to leave certain things out, like in my case that I am running as a democratic-independent, and 4 of 5 other candidates are also former democrats well, with in actual fact only 1 republican running. The reason is because the seat we are vying for is was vacated by now Mayor Ravenstahl, and who ever wins will be fulfilling the rest of his previous term as city council member. However, because it occured so close to the general election date, the department of elections is holding a special election, and as such no primary was held to choose from among us to put on the November ballot. Instead, the parties had their own nomination meeting, and anyone who still wanted to run had to de-register from the party temporarily so as to be on the ballot under some other party or organization.
:-p
Dave
Actually I am! As usual, the media always seems to leave certain things out, like in my case that I am running as a democratic-independent, and 4 of 5 other candidates are also former democrats well, with in actual fact only 1 republican running. The reason is because the seat we are vying for is was vacated by now Mayor Ravenstahl, and who ever wins will be fulfilling the rest of his previous term as city council member. However, because it occured so close to the general election date, the department of elections is holding a special election, and as such no primary was held to choose from among us to put on the November ballot. Instead, the parties had their own nomination meeting, and anyone who still wanted to run had to de-register from the party temporarily so as to be on the ballot under some other party or organization.
:-p
Dave
Posted by: Dave at October 22, 2006 6:10 AMGood luck to a point, Dave!
I certainly wouldn't hold your Canadian citizenship against you. Are you a legal resident of Pittsburgh without being an American citizen?
I am a little leery, however, of your spoken affiliation with the Democratic Party, but I live in Colorado.
Posted by: jk at October 22, 2006 1:10 PM | What do you think? [2]