๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ
(And a place we CAN support her, because building community still matters)
The conservative PAC has been claiming that Deepika Tandon is non-partisan for a month or so now, and have sent out mailers to that effect.
Unfortunately, that simply is not true.
Deepika, who has been a registered Republican for many years, as well as an avid Trump supporter, changed her party registration from Republican to no preference early this summer, in preparation for her city council run.
Deepika has not been shy about sharing her beliefs online either. See pics for some of her pro-trump, anti-progressive posts.
Check out the cartoon she posted this March โ want to know what she really thinks of progressives?
We were especially disturbed by her post about gender inclusivity; "Teach Kids to Change Gears, Not Genders." We will never be ok with jokes about transgender folx. Period.
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐: ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐. That's just one reason why these types of jokes are not funny. You can learn more about how to support transgender and non-binary folx here: The Trevor Project Know better, do better, friends.
This change of registration from Republican to no preference was calculated to help her run for council in a district that is historically progressive. Period.
Also disturbing is her support of obstructionism/NIMBYism. While she gives lip service to wanting to issues around homelessness, she was active in obstructing a low barrier shelter that could have housed up to 150 homeless people back in 2018, using grant money from Walmart โ so it would have cost the city nothing. Orange Street Shelter was a collaboration between service providers and Butte County Health Department. It would have included not only shelter but services, and was model project, both in scope of collaboration and breadth of services. 150 people could have been off the streets today had the project not been obstructed. Saying sheโs concerned about homelessness now is disingenuous at best.
Deepika lacks the knowledge and experience required to understand the reality of the needs of the community. She has no history of volunteerism, and hasnโt served in any capacity with any non-profits, unlike Rich Ober, who has a long history of working directly to serve our community and lift people out of poverty and homelessness. If she has ever so much as spoken at a city council meeting, we canโt find a record of it.
๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ก๐โ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
Hereโs what we can support though.
Deepika owns Guzzetti's Catering and Indian Food. You may have seen her at the Farmerโs Market, or seen her products at New Earth Market, amongst other places. Pumpkin and Spinach Parathaโฆyum.
So letโs continue to support (and educate) Deepika. Check in with her at the Farmers Market, try some tasty food, introduce yourself and perhaps talk to her about some of these issues so she can learn and better contribute to community solutions.
Just donโt vote for her for City Council.
