We Deserve Better Than Al Austin
2020 is an important election year. For those of us in Long Beach, it’s just getting started as vote-by-mail ballots are arriving in mailboxes this week, and vote centers are about to open their doors for eleven consecutive days leading up to the March 3rd primary election date. Locally, we are voting on City Council candidates, Board members for our school and college boards, and important local initiatives. In addition to what candidates say, it’s important to pay attention to what they do--how they have governed, the campaign choices they make, who supports them, and what kind of advice they seek. When we think back to the 2016 election, we recall then-candidate Trump mocking people with disabilities, scapegoating immigrants, stalking around Hillary Clinton on the debate stage, and dismissing his violent actions toward women. We are seeing our own version of this at home. Councilmember Al Austin, who is running for re-ele...