I’ve never viewed the desire for clean and safe communities as a political issue.
I remain convinced it should never be one.
But for those like myself, who’ve lived in this corridor for years, we’ve watched an increasingly radicalized City Hall do precisely that.
Characterizing pleas for penal consequences as race related.
Pushing to decriminalize misdemeanors, including assault on women.
And ludicrously charging residents and shopkeepers (many of whom, incidentally, being first and second generation immigrants) with xenophobia, when all they’ve sought is an end to the perpetual property destruction and broad day lawlessness.
I just got so sick of it. After a while, I decided to take a stand.
Last Saturday was the culmination of weeks of organization.
A community gathering that saw folks of all ethnicities, religions, ages, and backgrounds, dedicate their mornings to bettering a neighborhood in the face of perpetual political apathy.
Guys, we don’t have to live like this. We shouldn’t have to.
And if I know one thing, it’s that real change occurs only when we BELIEVE it can.
I, for one, believe.
But it will take more than just me.
It will take a collective.
It will take our time.
And it will take a steadfast dedication to put an end to the mayhem that’s taken grip over what should, and can be, that city on the hill.
@based16z@knveth Yes and they don’t really own like founder shares of the stock so equity exposure is mostly just esop/ltip, so incentive was to light money on fire to increase market cap during mania without having to worry about dilution