Reynolds Virtual Town Hall April 14
Candidate Reynolds:
- pandemic showed that some of our systems were not built in an efficient way
- access to technology, health care, food, etc.
- how do you build equitable systems, that work for everybody
- because something’s working for me doesn’t mean it’s working for everybody
- we can confuse those things
- must work on that
- expand to connect with school district etc to build better systems
Candidate Leon:
- people complaining about going to school from home
- but people on my street didn’t even have internet
- library did amazing work
- pandemics are going to be exacerbated by climate change
- City must address climate change
Candidate Reynolds:
- lots of people have done ok economically in pandemic
- but lots of vulnerable people have had to take on extra work
- affordable housing
- going to work on affordable housing trust fund, etc.
- for a lot of people life is getting more difficult
- must be aware that lots of people’s experiences are not ours
- need to build systems around that awareness