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Harvey Savage, Jr, Files Petitions for Toledo City Council
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Harvey Savage, Jr, the
executive director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Kitchen
for the Poor, filed his petition to enter the race for
Toledo City Council on Thursday, July 6. Savage, who is
making his first run for political office, submitted 459
signatures with the Lucas County Board of Elections to meet
the minimum requirement of 250 valid registered voter
signatures.
“I think I can make a
difference,” said Savage of his reason for entering the
race. “I have a corporate background – we did things a
little more efficiently than I see the city doing them. So
I’m hoping I can step in and help make us more efficient, do
the things that need to be done and take a look at the
infrastructure.”
Savage has led the MLK
Kitchen for the past four years, since the death of his
sister, Juanita Savage Person, and has been involved with
the agency since his father, Rev. Harvey Savage Sr., started
the kitchen in 1969.
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Savage, Jr. retired from
DuPont Co. in 1993 as a manager in human resources. He
sought an endorsement from the Lucas County Democratic Party
but was unsuccessful. He offered his support to the victor
in the upcoming mayoral race. “I’m looking at probably
supporting whoever the administration is,” he said. “I’m not
going against them.”
Savage is the fourth
candidate to file for City Council thus far – the others who
have already filed are Gary Johnson, Councilwoman Cecelia
Adams, PhD, and appointed incumbent Councilman Kurt Young –
all endorsed by the Democratic Party.
Twenty-one other potential
council candidates have taken out blank petitions.
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