By Murray Schneider

On July 13, District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee put aside his legislative pen and picked up a pair work gloves and assisted 20 Sunnyside volunteers collecting litter and pulling weeds along Monterey Boulevard’s thirteen street medians.

“The idea is to let my interns experience first hand a successful City and neighborhood project,” said Supervisor Yee, who came dressed in jeans and running shoes.

A half dozen Yee high school interns worked along side Sunnyside neighbors. All were protected by DPW road cones stretching from Ridgeway Avenue to Circular Avenue.

“It’s so cool to see the community come out,” said, Mekdelawit “Maggie” Beruk, a high school intern who’ll be a senior this fall at the International Studies Academy.

Throughout the morning Beruk witnessed confirmation that at least some politics is local, and that a correct response to the Civics 101 question, “What have you done for me lately?”…