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Thank you Talauna, my friend and comrade, I'm so glad you are running for city council and I'm excited to see what you'll be able to make happen.

Talauna is an extremely dedicated community member and researcher, she spends a lot of time looking into and assembling information, she knows what she is talking about. She spends a lot of time in the encampments, building relationships with our unhoused neighbors, finding out what people need. This is what Olympia needs - people with first-hand information and solutions that come from actual relationships. When she says that nobody is providing treatment in the encampments, she is identifying a major issue that the City needs to deal with, that impacts all of us.

I pray that Olympia voters will be able to see through the covert biases that put Talauna's character under such a microscope, to see someone who loves fiercely, protects her family and community, and doesn't ever stop working toward what she knows is right. This is the kind of impassioned public servant that we need and deserve.

From: Olympia candidate Reed responds to Pat Cole's column

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