The following excerpt is from an article by Timothy McNulty published in the 03/10/09 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Franco Dok Harris, the 29-year-old son of Steelers Hall of Famer Franco Harris, plans to run for mayor of Pittsburgh later this year.
The Shadyside resident will not compete against Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and others in the May 19 Democratic primary, but rather he will run as an independent in November. It will be his first run for office.
Those may seem like long odds, but Mr. Harris said he looks to Barack Obama as an example.
“A first-time senator from Illinois somehow figured out how to take on and beat probably the biggest political machine ever known in this country. You do that by empowering individuals and giving them hope,” he said in a phone interview.
Mr. Harris–who has politics, law and business degrees–said he wants to become mayor to help lead the city out of its still-looming fiscal problems…
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