Mayor’s name sounds faintly Thai. Guess the party apparatchiks put him on the ballot and a “D” next to his unpronounceable-ness was all he needed. Kudos to the neighborhood watch for taking care of business.
He’s from Sri Lanka. His family left there during a civil war.
Why do all these foreigners want to be in our politics? Like the New York liberals who move south and bring their politics with them.
Here you go:
His parents fled Sri Lanka in July 1983, at the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[1][2] They moved to England, where they married, and settled in Zimbabwe. Arunan was born in Bulawayo in 1985.
Other reports say he was born in America.