1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:07,474 ♪♪ 2 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:09,042 I hope I've earned your vote. 3 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:10,710 Hello, my name is Phil Tavel, 4 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:12,245 and I'm running for Seattle City Council, 5 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:14,280 District 1 because like so many of you, 6 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:16,316 I believe that Seattle can do better. 7 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:17,851 Seattle has to change the way 8 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:19,786 we're addressing homelessness and public safety. 9 00:00:19,886 --> 00:00:21,988 We must do a better job helping people with 10 00:00:22,088 --> 00:00:23,590 untreated mental health disorders 11 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,558 and unaddressed substance abuse issues, 12 00:00:25,658 --> 00:00:27,360 and we need to properly fund and staff 13 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:28,995 our police department to ensure that they 14 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:31,031 can enforce all the laws of our city 15 00:00:31,131 --> 00:00:33,533 fairly and evenly for all of us that live here. 16 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,435 I will work to make sure that bureaucracy 17 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,537 and politics don't keep us from implementing 18 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:40,173 real-life solutions to these problems. 19 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:42,008 We all know Seattle's a great place to live, 20 00:00:42,108 --> 00:00:44,077 and that's why people continue to move here. 21 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:45,345 We need to be forward thinking 22 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:47,380 in how we grow and how we get around. 23 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:50,183 Whether by bus, boat, car, bike, or on foot, 24 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:52,018 the leaders of our city need to make sure 25 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:53,887 it's safe for everyone to get home. 26 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:56,022 It's time to end the divisive politics, 27 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,891 restore common sense to our government, 28 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,259 and focus on effectively, 29 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:00,894 efficiently, and equitably 30 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:03,129 delivering services to the people of our city. 31 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:04,931 Seattle can do better. 32 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:06,866 I've been a business owner, a physics teacher, 33 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:09,669 a pro tem judge, and a public defender for 15 years. 34 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:11,071 I'm a community volunteer 35 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:12,172 and serve on the board of 36 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:13,673 the Morgan Community Association, 37 00:01:13,773 --> 00:01:16,242 Allied Arts, and the Seattle Green Spaces Coalition. 38 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:18,645 I've lived in West Seattle for over 20 years. 39 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,480 I'm a renter, a father of a second grader 40 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:21,781 at Arbor Heights Elementary, 41 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:23,616 and a youth coach at West Seattle Bowl. 42 00:01:23,716 --> 00:01:24,951 I am your neighbor, 43 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:26,953 and I want to work for neighborhood solutions. 44 00:01:27,053 --> 00:01:28,655 I am proud to be supported by 45 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:30,190 over a hundred small businesses 46 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:32,859 that form the heart and the soul of our community. 47 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,894 Just drive down California Avenue and you can see 48 00:01:34,994 --> 00:01:36,162 all the community establishments 49 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:38,131 with my sign in their window. 50 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:39,499 They know that I will listen, 51 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:41,367 that I am an everyday part of our community, 52 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,703 and that I care deeply about making Seattle 53 00:01:43,803 --> 00:01:44,971 a better, safer, 54 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:46,940 and more productive city for everyone. 55 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,508 Four years ago, we were talking about 56 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:50,110 skyrocketing costs of living, 57 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:51,811 a lack of affordable housing, 58 00:01:51,911 --> 00:01:53,513 more and more people living unsheltered, 59 00:01:53,613 --> 00:01:56,282 traffic problems, and cost overruns in civic projects. 60 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:58,418 I've seen no improvement in these and several 61 00:01:58,518 --> 00:02:00,487 other issues, while many have gotten worse. 62 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:01,988 It's time to make a change 63 00:02:02,088 --> 00:02:03,690 in our city's leadership. 64 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,024 I'll bring back reasonable 65 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:06,893 and rational solutions to our council, 66 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:08,995 and I ask you for your support and your vote. 67 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:10,296 Thank you.