Don Ness

Don Ness has been winning this category by a healthy lead for years. This year he had some competition but that was from newly elected Mayor Emily Larson. “Mostly, I’m just glad to escape my 16 years in elected office without having been voted ‘Worst Politician’.” We told Ness that he had obtained a few votes for “worst” and has each year he was mayor. “You can’t do the job right without getting ‘worst’ votes,” Ness replied. Despite some criticism from people and even The Reader, we feel that Don Ness has done a lot of positive things for Duluth and the community will miss him. It will be interesting to see how Emily Larson does with her new position as mayor, but it’s safe to say that she’s off to a good start…at least with our readers.