“The city keeps saying it’s going to bring all of these full-time jobs but the reality is, if you go to any arena, it’s usually part-time people who work there,” Maldonado said. “There’s no developers behind the project. It’s all going to fall on the taxpayers.”

As the leader of the local Green Party, Maldonado unsurprisingly believes Racine should move toward “going green.” That includes environmental issues, but also local Green Party priorities such as taking on the for-profit prison system and decriminalizing marijuana.

“We need to implement whatever we can at the city level to use sustainable energy in the City of Racine,” he said.

Maldonado added that he supports protection for undocumented workers.

“Our goal is to build the strongest community Racine has ever seen,” he said.

Rodriguez wants

to reach millennials

Rodriguez’s experience in the tech industry has led him to set priorities for Racine.