Rogelio Landin
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Age: 71 • Lives in: Downtown
Rogelio Landin is running as a write-in candidate for mayor. The Southwest Detroit native graduated from Cass Technical High School and now lives downtown.
He’s a longtime activist and businessman who in recent years has served on five neighborhood advisory councils — which are responsible for negotiating with developers on major projects. He’s also on the newly formed Tenants’ Rights Commission.
Landin is running on a platform of annexing 28 “distressed” communities surrounding Detroit, giving the mayor greater control over the city’s public school district, and building a World Trade Center in Detroit.
Notable responses
ON: Community benefits ordinance
Landin says the community benefits ordinance does not need any changes.
“As the most experienced person in the city having been elected and appointed to five NACs and supporting two others, I have been involved in over $12 billion in development projects downtown and the Gordie Howe (International Bridge),” he wrote. “It’s working as it was designed to and voted for by the citizens of Detroit.”
ON: Immigration
Landin believes the city should limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“My response is confined to our current situation,” he wrote for Outlier Media’s candidate questionnaire. “This is a complex matrix of variables, and there is no one answer applicable to every case. In the case of our current environment, we are undermining our own laws, specifically those as relate to due process as provided for in the 5th and 14th amendments.”
ON: Electricity affordability
Landin wants to explore publicly owned renewable energy initiatives to reduce the cost of electricity.
“The city could contribute to the entire scope of promoting innovation in alternative energy and sustainability, while creating a competitive environment for existing providers. This would impact education, workforce training, entrepreneurship, and make the city a very real partner in our new innovation economy.”
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