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Mayor Meghan Sahli-Wells leads her first City Council meeting on Monday evening at 7 in Council Chambers.
Her transition from community activist to elected politician becomes complete as she assumes the top elected seat in Culver City – from now until forever or next April, whichever comes first.
Especially this weekend, her feminist credentials are in the forefront of her constantly churning mind, which seldom pauses.
Only the fifth woman in Culver City’s 97-year history to be elected to the City Council, she is burningly proud not only to be a mayor but a woman mayor.
“Women represent a majority of the population, and it is pretty disgusting that so few of them are in office,” Ms. Sahli-Wells said, whose hyphenated name symbolizes the core of her political beliefs.
The reasons just cited are what prompted the young mother to run for elective office.
Question: Does Ms. Sahli-Wells believe there will be a preponderance of women rather than men in office in her lifetime?
“I hope so,” she said. “Anytime a Girl Scout group (or similar) organization asks me to speak to children, I am always willing to go to them.
“Having the title of mayor – although it is symbolic in Culver City – can be inspiring for young girls when they have a model in front of them.”
Ms. Sahli-Wells tells her juvenile audiences that the position she holds “comfortably within their reach, very attainable.”
