Breedlove would bring ‘radical honestly’ to role

LWV’s 2020 Chico City Council candidate forum was a clearcut indicator of which candidates are well informed on issues outside of their political talking points and ready to embrace a role in public service. Of exceptional note is Steven Breedlove (District 3), who came alive while discussing detailed public policy positions, demonstrating a breadth of knowledge and a cultivated understanding of every topic.

With his obvious dedication to radical honesty, he exuded a level of personal integrity and value alignment rarely seen among aspiring political leaders of mainstream ideation. Breedlove has a firm grasp of what Earth’s climate crisis means for our local, regional, state, national, and global communities, making himthe only D3 candidate worth supporting. The question is no longer whether the human species can stop rapid global climate change or slow it down. We can’t. The question now is how we are going to band together and adapt to the reality that, as global citizens, “the almighty dollar” will no longer be capable of insulating or sparing any of us from the unthinkable horrors already devouring the world’s most oppressed and exploited residents.

Chico must embrace community builders like Breedlove, who are taking direct action to restore Earth’s vitality. If you will not vote or are not in D3, please consider supporting Steve Breedlove anyway by focusing your time, skills, and labor on the intentional and sincere cultivation of the only reliable and long-term form of true wealth that exists amid shared disasters: that of social capital.

— Mercedes Macías, Chico