Tukwila was incredibly fortunate to have Tom McLeod appointed to the open City Council position in 2016. This isn't a knock against his opponent, whom I don't know, but Tom's a keeper. I worked with him for several months in 2016 on Come Sit at Our Table, a record-breaking potluck that brought more than 1,500 people out to share food, listen to music, dance, and play soccer on Tukwila International Boulevard. Few people know that Tom secured much (if not most) of the funding for the event by soliciting donations from local businesses. Tom also secured a donation of chairs and tables, which he almost single-handedly set up (go to our event page on Facebook and see all the photos of him setting up!). Even more, he lent the basement of his synagogue for our regular meetings and was really one of the lynchpins who held us all together through an intense, accelerated planning process. Tom's one of the most smart, affable, hard-working guys I know. I hope Tukwilans vote to keep him!