Calstuff Correspondant Noah Schubert writes

LETTER TO EDITOR RE: TOM BATES & ANDY KATZ

With all this talk of elaborate conspiracies, you ignore the simplest and most logical explanation: Andy Katz is supporting Tom Bates because he's strongest on the issues that matter to students. Period. End of story.

Shirley Dean has never supported students as mayor. She hasn't proposed a single new student housing project. Instead, her solution to the housing shortage is to reduce the number of students in Berkeley. And her appointments to city commissions reflect it -- not a single student appointed to a high-profile commission in over eight years. Is that a record students should be proud of?

Bates has been there for students, both in the Assembly and on campus, where he taught Poli Sci 105. His longtime chief of staff was the leader behind the bill that will provide over $15 million for new student housing. On issue after issue, Tom Bates is the only candidate who understands the issues that matter to students.

So, yes, the choice *is* obvious. Compare their records. Pour through their votes. There's only one real pro-student candidate. Tom Bates.

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