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🚨 BREAKING: Dave Melde has NOT approved this website, but Proctor has officially approved Dave! 🏰 DIPLOMATIC WIRE: Hermantown HOA confirms Dave is the only Proctor resident permitted within 500ft of their golf carts. 🎣 FISHING UPDATE: Walleye biting on Pike Lake. City business postponed until dusk. 🃏 CRIBBAGE LAW: All municipal disputes settled by best 2 of 3 (No Muggins). 🚂 MISSABE EXPRESS: HO-scale model train coffee delivery line operational in City Hall. 👍 2028 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Calculating...
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MELDE 2028
Mayor of Proctor, Minnesota
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★ PROCTOR, MINNESOTA 2028 ★

MELDE for Mayor of PROCTOR, MN

👍 BRINGING BACK THE RULE OF THUMB 👍

He didn’t ask for this campaign. He’d rather be fishing for walleye, counting a 29-hand in Cribbage, or running the HO-scale Missabe railroad. But when Proctor needs uncorruptible common sense, Dave Melde answers the call.

Citizen Endorsements
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Melde for Mayor of Proctor MN 2028 Campaign Poster
Official 2028 Platter Paid For By Common Sense
Voice of the People

CITIZEN ENDORSEMENTS

Read what everyday citizens, neighbors, and supporters are saying about Dave Melde.

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Dave once watched me struggle to back my boat trailer down the landing for 45 minutes, didn't say a word, just gave me a subtle thumbs up. That’s leadership.

Gordy Lindstrom
Proctor Resident & Snowmobile Enthusiast
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⭐ The Three Pillars of Melde Leadership

FISHING. CRIBBAGE. MODEL TRAINS.

A mayor who has time to plot corruption is a mayor with no hobbies. Dave is booked solid with lines in the water, pegs on the board, and scale locomotives on the tracks.

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PIKE LAKE DOCTRINE

1. The Walleye Mandate

Dave believes the best municipal thinking happens in a 14-foot Lund boat while jigging minnows. If the walleye are biting on Pike Lake or Fish Lake, all city hearings will be rescheduled so nobody misses the prime bite window.

Current Pike Lake Bite: 🔥 RED HOT
Official Bait: Lindy Rigs & Leech combos.
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THE 121-POINT LAW

2. Cribbage Rule of Law

Forget expensive lawsuits. All property line disputes, permit appeals, and neighborhood grievances in Proctor will be settled by best 2 out of 3 games of Cribbage on a solid oak 3-track board. No Muggins allowed.

Hand: 5♦ 5♥ 5♠ J♣ Cut: 5♣
Score: 29 POINTS (THE HOLY GRAIL) 👍
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MISSABE RAIL HERITAGE

3. HO-Scale Rail Precision

Proctor was built on iron ore and locomotives (DM&IR). Dave will apply HO-scale model train precision to all city departments. Miniature tracks installed across City Hall to deliver coffee and powdered donuts directly to council desks.

Locomotive: DM&IR 2-8-8-4 ON TIME
DCC Sound & Real Choo-Choo Smoke active.
COUNTDOWN TO PROCTOR'S GOLDEN ERA
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*Election Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2028 (or whenever Dave finishes his pasty).

🔊 Interactive Mayoral Soundboard

THE SOUNDS OF PROCTOR LEADERSHIP

Click below to trigger official Mayoral synthesizer audio tones.

The Uncompromised Proctor Manifesto

THE "RULE OF THUMB" PLATFORM

Six ironclad policy guarantees designed to keep Proctor peaceful, warm, caffeinated, and free of rogue animatronics.

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1. Pothole Walleye Stocking

If a pothole on 2nd Street is not paved within 72 hours, it will be stocked with live rainbow trout and designated as a neighborhood catch-and-release fishing spot.

Directive #001 • Pavement & Piscary
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2. 15-Minute Council Mandate

City Council sessions automatically adjourn the moment the Mr. Coffee pot is empty or 15 minutes pass—whichever comes first. No filibusters, no powerpoints.

Directive #002 • Zero Bureaucracy
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3. Furby Demilitarization Zone

Strict municipal curfew for all talking 90s plushies. Unruly Furbies holding protest signs will be humanely relocated to Duluth's Canal Park where they belong.

Directive #003 • Perimeter Defense
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4. Model Rail Transit Network

Restoring Proctor's legendary Missabe railroad heritage by running HO-scale model trains along city council railings to deliver meeting documents and fresh donuts.

Directive #004 • Miniature Logistics
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5. Cribbage Dispute Resolution

No expensive lawyers. Any zoning or fence dispute is resolved over a regulation game of Cribbage. First to 121 pegs wins the municipal judgment.

Directive #005 • The 29-Hand Court
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6. The Involuntary Candidate

Politicians who seek power are inherently suspect. Dave didn’t ask for this and wants to go fishing, making him 100% immune to corporate lobbyists and special interests.

Directive #006 • Total Integrity
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🏰 Foreign Policy Dossier: Secret Hermantown Connections

THE HERMANTOWN DIPLOMATIC ACCORD & LUXURY FOREIGN AID

It should be noted that Dave maintains elite, back-channel connections in the affluent enclaves of Hermantown. Through strategic diplomacy with 4-stall heated garage owners and commercial zero-turn mower barons, Mayor Melde has negotiated critical foreign aid for Proctor:

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Heavy Equipment Sharing: Emergency winter borrowing of Hermantown diesel tractors and skid steers to clear Proctor residential alleyways.
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Heated Pole Barn Annex: Overflow climate-controlled storage in Hermantown for Proctor's HO-scale model train layouts and spare Lindy rigs.
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Pothole Trout Subsidies: Hermantown country club members agree to fund Proctor walleye stocking in return for honorary Missabe train whistles.
🛃 Boundary Avenue Customs Checkpoint

DULUTH & HERMANTOWN BORDER TARIFF CALCULATOR

Calculate your municipal import duties before traveling across city lines into Proctor.

Official Proctor Customs Receipt
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Status: Standard Resident Entry Approved 👍
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PUT DAVE ON YOUR LAWN

Confuse your neighbors, deter rogue Furbies, and declare your allegiance to the Rule of Thumb with a Melde 2028 Yard Sign.

PROCTOR, MN
MELDE
FOR MAYOR '28
BRINGING BACK THE RULE OF THUMB 👍