One of the most contested city council races in Berkeley is District 7. Incumbent Kriss Worthington is being challenged by George Beier. Both Beier and Worthington wrote letters to the Daily Cal recently in which they make their cases.

The primary concern of a city council member is to work on local issues for the betterment of their community and constituents. Since district 7 (map) contains many students, the logical choice is a person with a proven record of serving students.

George Beier has some good ideas. He is a Cal alumnus and I have seen him reaching out to and talking to students, one thing I wish elected officials in Berkeley would do more often. One plank in Beier’s platform caught my attention. He wants to create a student city council district. This sounds great; however the idea was tried a few years ago. From what I have researched, the student district had to be scrapped because it would conflict with higher level laws. The person who purposed and worked on the student district so long ago was Kriss Worthington.

Worthington has experience on the city council and has fought for students. I have been watching some city politics since I came to Berkeley and one of the first things I noticed was Kriss Worthington was looking out for students. I have seen him at ASUC Senate meetings, I have met students he appointed to city commissions. Every issue I can remember Worthington has come down on the side of students.

All the students I know and trust who are involved with city politics fully support Worthington. Some of the students I don’t trust to run the ASUC support Beier. To make things even better EAVP Jason Chu supports both of them.

If Beier was running in a different district, he would be a good candidate. However everything Beier wants to be for students Worthington has record of doing.

I am proud to support and endorse Kriss Worthington for District 7 of the Berkeley City Council. In Worthington we have a friend who has always been there for us and has a record of working on behalf of students.