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Meadville City Council candidate Herb Riede, a Democrat, is looking forward to the challenge of what he calls, reviewing a tax system implemented in the 1950s and making it friendly to homeowners and businesses, he said in a release announcing his candidacy.

Riede said he hopes to help the city get past the habit of catching up with old major projects without long-term planning and then simplify and reduce the number of redundant revenue streams.

As a former member of a Boro Council and mayor, I have experienced writing and passing budgets and have utilized the process to improve constituent services, Riede said in the release. I intend to provide creative solutions that helps council to better hold the line on if not restore city services without relying on painful tax increases.

Riedeand his fiance, Lisa Fralick, will be joined on the trail by their sons, Herbie and Seth, ages 4 and 11, respectively. Their twin daughters, Allie and Abbie, are seniors at Meadville Area Senior High School and already have committed to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville for the fall. They are working on the campaign to help their father register new Democrats for the primary and to gain volunteers as they themselves prepare to vote for their father in their first election, turning 18 this April.

Riede can be found at HerbRiede.com, on Facebook.com/HerbRiede and @HerbRiede on Twitter and his cell is (814) 795-9597.

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