They swarm, to attack our esteemed Councilmember and Mayor Emerita Rob Newsom Jr. for choosing a superior candidate instead of the former planning commissioner and campaign opponent Patel.
They swarm, yet the former planning commissioner was never pressure tested in competitive interviews, just strategically placed by special interest groups.
They swarm, yet they called an innocent resident a racist, and another a slum lord from the dais.
They swarm, yet they could not report accurate and reproducible bike traffic data on Humboldt Street, which resulted in “social inaccessibility” for an equity priority neighborhood.
They swarm, on the basis of “anti-housing,” yet they are in bed with developers to overbuild 90%/10% market/affordable rate housing when San Carlos is building 100% affordable housing.
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They swarm, on the basis of poor campaign optics, yet they expect Newsom to disregard the city Code of Ethics. In plight we applaud Newsom for his courage and bravery with honor and respect.
Rob Newsom is one of the guards of our City Council.
A humble man, solid mentor for our junior councilmembers, fights for residents, has a balanced perspective on all issues, is not beholden to special interest groups and pushes back when logic and common sense are lacking.
A great husband with two wonderful daughters. I urge the residents of District 3 to ignore the swarm and send our guard back to his post for another four years.
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Beautifully stated, Vikash. Thank you.
Really enjoyed this LTE --- well stated.
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