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Let me tell you why.
It's mostly about the fact the other candidates are so very unprepared to take care of our district.
I hosted a candidates forum at Balboa high school a few weeks ago. All the District 11 candidates confirmed they would attend. Myrna Lim asked me a dozen times if the media would be there. Only Sandoval, Reynolds-silverberg, and Bonilla showed up.
I decided right then and there that obviously these three cared about the district and the Balboa student body who, by the way, attended in the evening on a school night.
Bonilla showed himself to be a candidate who was more interested in more police on the streets to act as enforcers rather than beat cops. He is not for officers in the schools (these officers act more friendly beat cops the students trust than cops looking to make a bust). He is also for corporate welfare in SF and in favor of big box stores rather than small businesses.
Reynolds-Silverberg told me herself that she has no intention of winning, she just feels that a neighborhood leader such as herself needs to be on the ballot so the district is aware of issues that the other candidates aren't talking about. However, at the forum, she hardly spoke at all. Perhaps she was tired.
Sandoval made a comment that I truly appreciated. He said that if any candidate tells you that they can fix the problems in our district in four years, they just want your vote. Most of the work he has done has been esthetic. The parks are looking cleaner, Ocean Ave. is looking cleaner, etc. While on the budget committee he didn't take Newsome to taske regarding cutting the pork. However, he is the most progressive of the candidates, he knows that this district has the highest home ownership, the most diverse ethnicities, and it's the most spread out. This is not an easy district to lead. The city rarely pays attention to us.
I believe Sandoval has done head and shoulders above the work that Amos Brown ever did in this district. I don't believe that Sandoval is in the pocket of Newsome. He backed Gonzalez for mayor. He told me personally that this will be his last term if elected. He wishes to spend more time with his family.
Sandoval is the best choice for our district. I didn't even mention the Ocean Ave. corridor which is to be revitalized by the same group that did the Fruitvale section of Oakland.
It's mostly about the fact the other candidates are so very unprepared to take care of our district.
I hosted a candidates forum at Balboa high school a few weeks ago. All the District 11 candidates confirmed they would attend. Myrna Lim asked me a dozen times if the media would be there. Only Sandoval, Reynolds-silverberg, and Bonilla showed up.
I decided right then and there that obviously these three cared about the district and the Balboa student body who, by the way, attended in the evening on a school night.
Bonilla showed himself to be a candidate who was more interested in more police on the streets to act as enforcers rather than beat cops. He is not for officers in the schools (these officers act more friendly beat cops the students trust than cops looking to make a bust). He is also for corporate welfare in SF and in favor of big box stores rather than small businesses.
Reynolds-Silverberg told me herself that she has no intention of winning, she just feels that a neighborhood leader such as herself needs to be on the ballot so the district is aware of issues that the other candidates aren't talking about. However, at the forum, she hardly spoke at all. Perhaps she was tired.
Sandoval made a comment that I truly appreciated. He said that if any candidate tells you that they can fix the problems in our district in four years, they just want your vote. Most of the work he has done has been esthetic. The parks are looking cleaner, Ocean Ave. is looking cleaner, etc. While on the budget committee he didn't take Newsome to taske regarding cutting the pork. However, he is the most progressive of the candidates, he knows that this district has the highest home ownership, the most diverse ethnicities, and it's the most spread out. This is not an easy district to lead. The city rarely pays attention to us.
I believe Sandoval has done head and shoulders above the work that Amos Brown ever did in this district. I don't believe that Sandoval is in the pocket of Newsome. He backed Gonzalez for mayor. He told me personally that this will be his last term if elected. He wishes to spend more time with his family.
Sandoval is the best choice for our district. I didn't even mention the Ocean Ave. corridor which is to be revitalized by the same group that did the Fruitvale section of Oakland.
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