My decision to run for the Democratic County Central
Committee is inspired by my commitment to the Democratic Party and my interest
in strengthening the party and increasing its effectiveness. I believe that the
party should be focused on issues related to the positions of the party and not
to be a shadow Board of Supervisors. We should insist that the Board of
Supervisors do their job.
I hope to contribute to making the DCCC a forum for
the reasonable discussion of serious issues.
We must demand more aggressive leadership from our
Democratic elected officials and not be satisfied with just going along with
the caucus leaders.
Of course, as a twenty-four year veteran of the Board
of Education, my primary example is that the Democratic party has not been
strong enough on funding public education and protecting the authority of local
communities to make decisions about their schools. Therefore, I hope to help
the Democratic Party and the Central Committee in San Francisco to be more
focused on education and children issues.