Why DAS Runs
Das wrote to SantaBarbarasBlog.com, giving his reasons why he's running for the 35th Assembly District:
“As I visited teachers last week, and I saw how many were getting laid off, a feeling that had been growing inside me became urgent.
I know you’ve felt it too, that overwhelming sense of wrong, when we look at our society and realize we’ve truly failed at adequately planning for a future. With a damaged economy, hundreds of teachers being laid off, and our environment in peril, it is an intimidating time to be in government; but a time when it is more important than ever to present solutions for our time.
I’ve searched my heart and found the truth that I don’t know all the answers, but I have the energy and passion to work on those solutions.
The challenges of gang violence, fires, and budget deficits have seasoned me, helped to prepare me for this time. In fact I think of these challenges much as a firefighter does: you don’t hope for a fire, but you have to be trained for one.
The combination of doing legislative work here and in the Capitol, nonprofit advocacy in Ventura County, and City government in Santa Barbara has given me a host of experiences in different policy areas, each one that will help prepare me for a different aspect of serving you. The fire that is consuming this state is a fiscal one, and year after year I have been faced with balancing the needs of parks, public safety, roads, transit, water, waste-water, saving money in disaster reserves, but still investing in our future.
I have weighed a tough decision, and asked many in the community for their input on it. Do I move on from my public service, retire so to speak (I am prevented by term limits from running a third time), or do I run for the Assembly next year? I’m in the race, and I hope that you can join me.” - Das Williams
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“As I visited teachers last week, and I saw how many were getting laid off, a feeling that had been growing inside me became urgent.
I know you’ve felt it too, that overwhelming sense of wrong, when we look at our society and realize we’ve truly failed at adequately planning for a future. With a damaged economy, hundreds of teachers being laid off, and our environment in peril, it is an intimidating time to be in government; but a time when it is more important than ever to present solutions for our time.
I’ve searched my heart and found the truth that I don’t know all the answers, but I have the energy and passion to work on those solutions.
The challenges of gang violence, fires, and budget deficits have seasoned me, helped to prepare me for this time. In fact I think of these challenges much as a firefighter does: you don’t hope for a fire, but you have to be trained for one.
The combination of doing legislative work here and in the Capitol, nonprofit advocacy in Ventura County, and City government in Santa Barbara has given me a host of experiences in different policy areas, each one that will help prepare me for a different aspect of serving you. The fire that is consuming this state is a fiscal one, and year after year I have been faced with balancing the needs of parks, public safety, roads, transit, water, waste-water, saving money in disaster reserves, but still investing in our future.
I have weighed a tough decision, and asked many in the community for their input on it. Do I move on from my public service, retire so to speak (I am prevented by term limits from running a third time), or do I run for the Assembly next year? I’m in the race, and I hope that you can join me.” - Das Williams
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To read the posting at SantaBarbarasBlog.com and comments, please go to:
SantaBarbarasBlog.com » Blog Archive » Das and the 35th Assembly District
Labels: 2010, 35th Assembly District
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4/07/2009
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