Can Duluth mayor pull himself out of his recent tailspin?
Successful careers as a cop and mayor of Superior, Wis., have been eclipsed by erratic behavior and, earlier this month, a DWI. Larry Oakes, Star Tribune, December 17, 2005 DULUTH — He’s made enemies, as any aggressive cop or ambitious politician will, and he’s been both. But until recently, Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson’s worst enemy was never himself. In 2003, the 49-year-old Bergson became the first person to have been elected mayor in both Duluth and neighboring Superior, Wis. (in 1986). Since taking office, he’s pressed slumlords to clean up their act, celebrated with Duluth’s gay community and vowed to put a roof over the head of every homeless citizen within 10 years. But suddenly the biggest challenge of his life may be salvaging his own reputation. Last week, Bergson made an emotional apology for driving so drunk that his blood-alcohol level registered at 0.16 — twice the legal limit — a half-hour after a single-vehicle accident that led to his arrest Dec. 9. Some city leaders
