(Michigan City, IN) - Michigan City mayor Duane Parry is running for a second term.

 

In his announcement, Parry said he tightened the purse strings when he first took office and a $3 million dollar deficit from the previous administration is now gone.

 

Parry also vowed to keep focus on mainly quality of life along with areas such as public safety, neighborhoods, jobs, housing and economic development.

 

He said the job is not done.

 

As a project manager in the private sector for much of his career, he said
project managers see jobs from start through completion.

 

Parry, a former member of the Michigan City Common Council, is running for the Republican nomination for mayor in the May primary.