Our duties as citizens
Today the help desk closed at 5pm and I rushed out of the office to the headquarters of the South Bay Labor Council [Link]. I believe one of our responsibilities as citizens is to participate in the democratic process. That is why many times over the years I have volunteered my time to precinct walk and phone bank for candidates I believe in. Candidate for mayor of San Jose Cindy Chavez [Link] is one of those candidates. I was especially thrilled when she came by the union hall to thank those of us who were there working for her. It was a thrill too to see so many of the people, like Ron Lind of the UFCW local 428, whom I have known for so many years, there. Plus, it was also exciting to see the new faces, young people who were working their hearts out for Cindy. It was really fun, and for a good cause too. Cindy is a great person who has helped university employees and really been there for working families in the San Jose area. I think Cindy will be a fine mayor and is worthy of every effort we can make to get her elected.
1 comment:
I think the fact that you link does not lead to any real person, makes me think that perhaps you are not a person, but this is political blog spam. I followed your link and it led nowhere!
I have seen the work that Cindy did to get University students a traffic light so they can safely walk to the student services building at 9th Street and San Fernando without having to play dodge car. I have seen the work Cindy did to make health care insurance available to low income children in San Jose, so 100,000 kids now have coverage. I have seen how folks like Mike Honda, Susan Hammer, the democratic party and every person on city council not running for mayor has endorsed Susan Hammer. I have seen how she is endorsed by the south bay labor council and I have seen how she has been there for workers in our area. She was the person who introduced the measure to censure the mayor and I thin she will be a damn fine mayor. I stand by my opinion with my real person blogger identity and all I ask is, who the hell are you? I am Steve Sloan and I will be out precint walking for Cindy and I do not even know who you are!
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