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-It's been an honor to serve
as your councilmember.

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And I'm running again so that,
together, we can continue

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building a future
that includes all of us.

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I've got the experience
to organize

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community-centered approaches
and secure investments to match.

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We delivered on our values
rather than simply profess them.

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My office has a proven track
record of progressive action.

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We committed
to investing

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in historically
underfunded schools,

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so we provided
mental health funding

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for our South End
schools.

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We said we'd prevent
displacement,

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so we won tenant protections,
monumental worker protections

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like paid sick leave
for gig workers,

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and secured rent control
for our small businesses.

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I secured permanent funding
for community driven development

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and for
the Green New Deal.

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And all of this when times
were really difficult.

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Let's advance these wins
even further.

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I envision housing abundance
and vibrant small businesses

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within reach
of all generations,

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who can stay rooted
in their community.

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Children with
full stomachs,

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single mothers
with full wallets,

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community networks
preventing violence

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rather than just
reacting to it.

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And I've just begun
building alternatives

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to punishment
and incarceration,

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especially for our Black
and Brown neighbors

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who suffer from the paradox
of overpolicing

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and under-policing.

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Let's deepen our investments
in care and shared prosperity.

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We all deserve to feel safe
in our neighborhoods.

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And as a mom with two kids
in Seattle Public Schools,

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it's important to me
that all our children are safe,

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whether they're walking to
school or enjoying the park.

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We've only just begun
that work

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by investing resources
in District 2

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that we need to improve
our community health,

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our joy,
and safety.

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Thank you
for getting me here.

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I hope to continue
serving

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the vibrant communities
of District 2.

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We're proudly endorsed
by MLK Labor,

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the 37th District Democrats,
Progreso Latino,

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Working Families Party,
Rep. Jayapal,

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State Sen. Saldaña,
and dozens of others.

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I hope to have
your support, too.

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-My name is Tanya Woo.

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-I grew up in Beacon Hill,
work at my family business

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in the Chinatown
International District,

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and now live in
Rainier Beach.

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I've seen how South Seattle
has changed.

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I've seen what happens
to neighborhoods

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that don't have
a voice.

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And we are expected to live
with bad city policies.

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I want to change that.

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As a community advocate,

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I have fought against continued
discrimination from the city,

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which has done damage

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to one of the most endangered
neighborhoods in America.

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I learned that fighting
for our voice

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when the city imposes
their will

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without listening to
our community

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is a fight we can win.

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Now, I want to bring
that same passion

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to fight for
all of South Seattle.

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I know how to achieve
better public safety.

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Every week,
I practice what alternative

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policing looks like
with my community watch group.

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We prevent violence while
working with first responders

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when needed, and provide mutual
aid to the unhoused in the CID.

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I also know how to create
more affordable housing.

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My family renovated
the historic Louisa Hotel

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into new
workforce housing,

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which only charges our residents
a percentage of their income,

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so that no one is charged a rent
they cannot afford.

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We need to move past
elected leaders

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telling us what
they're going to do,

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but never showing up to do
what people really want.

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Leaders that listen to
the community,

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even when it's not
politically convenient.

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We need to elect people
who will show up,

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and do the hard work it takes
to run the city.

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Together, we can uplift
South Seattle

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to be the place
we know it can be.

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I promise to show up,
work hard,

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and help make Seattle better
together.

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I'm Tanya Woo,
and I'm asking for your support

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for Seattle City Council
District 2.

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-Hello.

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My name is
Margaret Elisabeth,

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and I'm running for Seattle City
Council in District 2.

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I first visited Seattle
during June of 1999,

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and fell in love
with the city.

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I vividly remember sitting in
a coffee shop in Kirkland,

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and looking south
towards Mount Rainier,

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the sky an impossible blue
where you can see for miles,

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and Mount Rainier
took my breath away.

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I moved to Seattle
in 2012,

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into the Belltown
neighborhood,

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where I lived
for five years.

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In 2017,
I moved to Rainier Beach,

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where I've lived
ever since.

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South Seattle is a wonderfully
rich and vibrant neighborhood,

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and I'm happy
to call it "home."

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We have a lot
of serious issues

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facing us
as citizens of Seattle,

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and I'd like to mention
three things we need

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to directly address --
universal, citywide,

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single-payer health care,
the right to shelter,

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and a real living wage.

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Health care is a right,

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and we need to enact legislation
to make this right a reality.

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Following the models
of Healthy San Francisco

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and NYC's
Health and Hospitals,

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the City of Seattle should
establish a universal

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health care access program
to ensure all residents receive

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free at point of service
health care

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without relying on
employer-sponsored plans

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or private insurance.

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The City of Seattle
should establish rent control

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and renters' rights.

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End exclusive
single-family zoning,

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ban new Airbnb
developments,

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establish high-density
mixed-income housing

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near transit centers,

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and the city should expand
cooperative housing,

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expand social housing,
and make it easier

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to enter and sustain
home ownership

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for Seattle residents.

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The city of Seattle should adopt
a $25 an hour true living wage,

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which is automatically
adjusted

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based on the cost
of health care,

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housing, food, transportation,
and inflation.

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I'm running for Seattle City
Council in District 2

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because I believe that we have
a chance at an evergreen future

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if we take
bold action now.

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Nobody else
is going to help us.

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We're all we've got.