What makes East Valley Indivisibles excited about Nithya Raman?
We are excited about Nithya Raman because she has followed through with her campaign promises. She ran on a promise of compassionately and directly addressing the homelessness crisis facing our city. She and her office have housed over 500 people in our district, helping to clear 10 homeless encampments by getting those people housing, not just by moving them around. In a year when most of the city saw a rise in the unhoused, our district did not. Second, she has been instrumental in getting an initiative on our March ballot to create an independent redistricting commission to make sure that our city council districts are fairly drawn. She is also advocating for an increase in the number of seats on the Council. There has been a lot of corruption on Council and these steps we hope will begin to end that. Third, her office has been incredibly receptive and open and transparent, and provides excellent services to the residents of the district. Finally, her main opponent - though he calls himself a Democrat - engages in Trump-like actions in his campaign and is backed by dark money. His actions include distributing flyers near the Councilmember's home calling her a Hamas supporter. These tactics are dangerous and more than a little racist. We support Nithya because we believe in what she's done and what she can do in the future but also because we don't want someone with so little moral fiber to take her place.
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