"Just last year I eulogized six people under 23 years old, and five of them died by shooting," said Lumpkin during a campaign kick-off event Tuesday night at Eat Here Sarasota. "That's not acceptable to any of us."
The Bayou Oaks resident's goals include implementing the High Point, N.C., community policing strategy, create incentives for new businesses and reinstall confidence in local government.
Two at-large seats are up for election on March 12. If no candidate receives the majority of votes, the top three candidates move to a May 14 run-off election. The elected commissioners would take office May 17.
Lumpkin also touched on making sure the city avoids its own "fiscal cliff," making sure
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