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Yoga instructor Mark Stephens chose to weigh in on the Santa Cruz mayoral campaign without, it seems, having looked deeply into any candidates at all. Mr. Stephens had a lot to say with very little knowledge, and apparently no knowledge about anyone’s actual platform.
He seemed confused about who stands for what — while five different candidate websites have been published, a dozen-plus forums held, and numerous newspaper articles, podcasts and radio shows produced about this race.
Running a campaign is no small feat, and not embarked upon without careful consideration and a real reason to run. I want to acknowledge here the incredibly hard work of my close supporters (and me!) over three long months.
I am so proud of my stellar campaign team for their dedication to uplifting the values of privacy and protection from surveillance and Big Tech overreach; for their commitment to community dialogue and transparency, including organizing our own grassroots forums at the El Rio Mobile Home Park and London Nelson; and for their passion for checking the power of developers and corporate campaign funds at the local level; and much more.
To flatten all this out in one fell swoop was not just ignorant, but unkind.
Ami Chen Mills
Santa Cruz