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This is something of a surprise, and a rather dismaying one. When Councilor Yoon first ran, I lived in the same neighborhood (Fields Corner), and I was excited to support him as a progressive, a housing expert, as a member of Team Unity, as a Councilor of color, and as someone who, while running at large, would hopefully push the issues of underserved, underinvested neighborhoods like ours.

And he did some good work, even in the 8 months he held office before I moved out of state in late August 2006. I particularly remember him standing with youth activists calling for more programming as a way of stemming violence--though he was attacked in the media for it.

But he also made some strange moves, including voting himself and other councilors a pay raise. He was responsive when I contacted him to criticize that vote, but it seems particularly problematic now as he goes after the (mostly lower) pay of city workers. I hope that the Councilor is not losing site of the issues that impact his city and neighborhood, and around which voters put him into office.

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