 I'm Tim FitzMorris and I'm running for City Council. According to the Good Times, the recall election is funded by outside interests, a quarter million dollars in one group's political budget. Some of it from developers in Phoenix, Arizona. This recall is about economics and about reversing important progress on affordability, on the environment, and on neighborhood protection. I once wrote a poem about our river that goes, all of history has been watched by a river, but the river lives beyond history. This city and this river can be a victim of history, of forces that are anxious to reshape this community. We are at a crossroads. We could become a bedroom community for Silicon Valley, or we can shape our own future. We have to confront this crisis with firmness, clarity, compassion, and imagination. I'm endorsed by council member Sandy Brown, Mayor Justin Cummings, by Santa Cruz for Bernie, the People's Democratic Club in the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council. I was mayor and chair of the Transportation Commission, a union grievance officer, a lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, and a creative writing teacher in prison. We can overcome our divisions and confront the issues of climate change, housing and security, affordable housing, neighborhood protection, homelessness, and make the council work for the people of Santa Cruz. If the misguided recall happens, then the city council will need an experienced replacement to help rebuild the trust in the community. We can learn to bridge our differences. Please vote for me. Thank you.