Table Talk: A La Mesa Podcast

Current mayor of La Mesa, Mark Arapostathis has termed out and its time to elect his replacement. As the race sits now, we have four candidates to choose from; two Democrats and two Republicans. After the election we will either have a Democratic monopoly or a single Republican vote among our four Democratic council members. Today, we are joined by one of those candidates, Democrat Quinn Reese.quinn4mayor.cominstagram.com/quinn4lamesa.mayor

There are two city council seats open in the upcoming election in La Mesa. And only two people are in the running for those seats. So they are both guaranteed to become city council members. Still, we’d like to know what they have in mind for our city. Today, we're interviewing both of these city council candidates: Amanda-Dawn Natalia and Moana Alo.Contact Info:www.vote-amanda-dawn.nowamanda-dawn@vote-amanda-down.nowmoana4citycouncil.commo@moana4citycouncil.com

We interview three candidates who are running together for seats on the La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board: Rebecca Tweedle, Jennifer Littig and Brianna Coston. Depending on where you live in La Mesa, you might be able to vote for one of them. So what’s their vision for our students? Let’s find out. Links:https://rebeccatweedle.com/https://jenniferlittig.com/https://www.instagram.com/jenlittig/https://www.facebook.com/jenlittig/https://www.briannacoston.com/https://www.instagram.com/brie_cheezie/

The elected board of the Grossmont Union High School District cut all nine librarians from their budget and let class sizes increase to 38 students. They also spent over a million dollars on video games and gave themselves a 373% raise. Today, we're interviewing the three candidates who have joined together to flip the school board. Now, we can't vote for any of them here in La Mesa - our area isn't up for election until 2028. But what happens in this election will directly affect La Mesa students, teachers, school staff and taxpayers. So we're excited to sit down and talk with Jeneé Littrell, Steve Mull and Pete Mergens.

What is ICE doing in our region? What can we do to speak out? For answers, we turn to a longtime community activist here in La Mesa, Mejgan Afshan of Borderlands for Equity.Here are links to some of the organizations mentioned:borderlandsequity.orginstagram.com/borderlandsequityunipopular.orguniondelbarrio.orginstagram.com/uniondelbarrioinstagram.com/sdbikebrigrade