Felly Indy's,

This is a letter I just received a few minutes ago, giving the history about how the county's homeless-teen center got started, and who applied his creativity to that idea. May it be of help in voting tomorrow. -Paul Wagner-

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Dear Friends,

I had a chance to work closely with Santa Cruz city and county governments
while working as the founder of Above the Line, a residential program for local homeless teens.

I was quite naive about how money flowed and votes were amassed in the course of navigating social change, but for all I hadn't expected and needed to learn, the truths that inspired me to spearhead a change in the first place were the ones that sustained me to the end.

Those truths were forged in a conversation with Mark Primack. It was his idea
to start Above the Line.

It was a personal conversation, a meeting downtown where I was describing my outrage and he was encouraging me to harness it. He said "be the change" you want to see; be informed, courageous and willing to engage respectfully in process with others and if ever a community could come up with something, Santa Cruz is the one.

Mark believes in the same Santa Cruz I do. It is by no means a mini-Silicon
Valley that we have worked to create. It is a cohesive, informed, socially
conscious, environmentally protected community.

Mark's actions speak for his beliefs. He has demonstrated his intelligence, his courage and his willingness to work with others in a way that makes effective social change possible. He is capable of negotiation and at the same time has a clear bottom line, he gets himself educated when he has decisions to make and he thinks outside the box when solving problems.

I encourage us all to "be the change" we want to see by voting for Mark Primack for Third District Supervisor.

Kimberly Carter
Founder, Above the Line

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