City Councilmember Helen Gym has resigned ahead of an anticipated run for mayor. She is expected to officially announce her candidacy in the coming days. anna_orso shares the details.
But Gym said her agenda is driven by constituents and points out that passing legislation — including— required approval from a majority of Council, not just her ideological allies.
“My biggest enemies are cynicism, apathy, and the belief that nothing ever changes in this town,” she said. “What I have tried to do time and time again is to bring in relentless work ethic, a commitment to long-term relationship building, a moral vision beyond politics, and a lot of strategic and smart thinking so that we create the right policy for the moment.”Gym’s departure from Council means the body is losing one of its most outspoken members and the core of its progressive bloc.
A former teacher, Gym has been a constant in the city’s activist scene, rallying against a planned baseball stadium in Chinatown that was scuttled and leading the organization Parents United for Public Schools. She was known for being a thorn in the side of the School Reform Commission, the state-controlled boardShe ran for Council in 2015 on an education-centered platform and narrowly won a seat, coming in fifth in the Democratic primary.
During her first term, she pushed the school district to commit to putting a nurse and a counselor in every building, and was the architect of “fair workweek” legislation thatHer battles were also waged outside Council. Gym
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