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I hope I've earned your vote.
Hello, my name is Phil Tavel,
and I'm running for Seattle City Council,
District 1 because like so many of you,
I believe that Seattle can do better.
Seattle has to change the way
we're addressing homelessness and public safety.
We must do a better job helping people with
untreated mental health disorders
and unaddressed substance abuse issues,
and we need to properly fund and staff
our police department to ensure that they
can enforce all the laws of our city
fairly and evenly for all of us that live here.
I will work to make sure that bureaucracy
and politics don't keep us from implementing
real-life solutions to these problems.
We all know Seattle's a great place to live,
and that's why people continue to move here.
We need to be forward thinking
in how we grow and how we get around.
Whether by bus, boat, car, bike, or on foot,
the leaders of our city need to make sure
it's safe for everyone to get home.
It's time to end the divisive politics,
restore common sense to our government,
and focus on effectively,
efficiently, and equitably
delivering services to the people of our city.
Seattle can do better.
I've been a business owner, a physics teacher,
a pro tem judge, and a public defender for 15 years.
I'm a community volunteer
and serve on the board of
the Morgan Community Association,
Allied Arts, and the Seattle Green Spaces Coalition.
I've lived in West Seattle for over 20 years.
I'm a renter, a father of a second grader
at Arbor Heights Elementary,
and a youth coach at West Seattle Bowl.
I am your neighbor,
and I want to work for neighborhood solutions.
I am proud to be supported by
over a hundred small businesses
that form the heart and the soul of our community.
Just drive down California Avenue and you can see
all the community establishments
with my sign in their window.
They know that I will listen,
that I am an everyday part of our community,
and that I care deeply about making Seattle
a better, safer,
and more productive city for everyone.
Four years ago, we were talking about
skyrocketing costs of living,
a lack of affordable housing,
more and more people living unsheltered,
traffic problems, and cost overruns in civic projects.
I've seen no improvement in these and several
other issues, while many have gotten worse.
It's time to make a change
in our city's leadership.
I'll bring back reasonable
and rational solutions to our council,
and I ask you for your support and your vote.
Thank you.