What happened at the City Council Candidate Q&A at Hopmonk?

Practice makes perfect: Political newcomers Kee Nethery and Phill Carter got better at answering questions, while Councilmember Hinton leaned into her experience

LAURA HAGAR RUSH

SEP 26, 2024

The lighting at the Sebastopol City Council Candidate Q&A at Hopmonk was more appropriate for a rock & roll show than a political forum, but that didn’t seem to bother the 28 people that showed up for the event on Monday evening to meet candidates Phill Carter, Neysa Hinton and Kee Nethery.

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Neysa Hinton is running for her third term on the Sebastopol City Council

She's running as a hometown girl with years of institutional knowledge

LAURA HAGAR RUSH

AUG 28, 2024

Councilmember Neysa Hinton is running for re-election to the city council this November. She was first elected in 2016. Her time on the council has been full of challenges—flood, fire, COVID, and now the city’s financial crisis.

Hinton grew up in Sebastopol and attended Harmony Union School in Occidental, Twin Hills and Analy High School. She went to college in Idaho. She sees herself as a hometown girl with years of institutional knowledge about the council. Unlike many councilmembers, she has worked fulltime the whole time she’s been in office—primarily as the director of a senior living facility in Marin. She spent much of her early career in radio marketing.

There are two open seats on the council and three candidates: Hinton and two newcomers to Sebastopol politics, Phill Carter and Kee Nethery. Hinton is hoping to parlay her years of experience on the council into a third term.

The Sebastopol Times sat down with Hinton on a sunny Saturday morning to talk about her years on the council and what, if she’s re-elected, she’d like to do next as a councilmember.

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By now you know me, where I stand and why. For the last eight years, I’ve demonstrated a commitment to our values, combined with knowledge of the issues, to meet our toughest challenges.

I am running for a third term because our city needs capable, common sense leadership to continue building a thriving, healthy Sebastopol.

Having worked as a front-line healthcare worker running a senior care facility, I see first-hand why we must look out for our most vulnerable residents. As a single mother of two children who grew up in Sebastopol, I worry about people being able to afford to live and raise their families in the town where they grew up. That’s why I support more affordable housing; the need is vital.

In the face of budget shortfalls and daunting challenges, our community has demonstrated its commitment to our core values and finding a way forward with common sense solutions. With your support, I’ll continue this work.

I’m endorsed by CA Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire, Sonoma County 5th District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, and Sebastopol Mayor Diana Rich.

I respectfully ask for your vote.

Neysa

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Sebastopol City Limits Podcast: Straight Talk with Neysa Hinton

With six years on the City Council, the Vice Mayor will soon be its longest-serving member...

The Vice Mayor of the Sebastopol City Council, Neysa Hinton, speaks her mind even if it might not be completely politic to do so. She knows her own voice and it is a strong one. A working mother, who has worked in radio and now in an assisted living facility, she has juggled a career and her duties as an elected official.

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