Sunnyvale’s Measure B
is fairer for citizens
Sunnyvale’s Measure B will break the city up into six districts with a city-wide directly elected mayor who would represent everyone in the city.
One does not need to look too far to find other Bay Area cities that have district representation and a directly elected mayor, as this is more typical and fairer.
The argument that “Sunnyvale rejected directly elected mayors in the past” isn’t relevant any longer. Before Measure B, with or without a directly-elected mayor, each citizen still had seven people on the council who represented each of them and the city at large.
With district representation, if there are seven districts, this arrangement leaves each citizen with only one voice and no one who represents the city as a whole. With six districts and a directly elected mayor, we have two members who represent each of us, with one whose interest extends beyond the individual fiefdoms.
Peter Cirigliano
Sunnyvale
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