Hi. My name is Corey Eichner,
and I'm running for Seattle City Council Position 9.
I know that I'm a new face in
Seattle politics, and that is because
I have spent my career as an educator.
For the last 18 years,
I've gone to work every day, serving our youth as a teacher
and assistant principal in our public schools.
I have proudly served our students across our communities
from Shoreline to South King County,
where I have fought for reform and investments
in our education system to ensure that our students
and families furthest from educational justice
have the access and opportunities
they need to succeed.
We are at a critical moment in our city.
Inequities continue to exist.
We need to advance reform
to bring change to our criminal justice system
that embraces a system of restoration
and not punitive consequences, to act with immediacy
and prioritize regional funding that will provide rapid
rehousing and support to our neighbors without homes
so that we can move them to a path of success,
to be transformative with our infrastructure
that grows our mass transit and utilizes density planning
to actually provide access to affordable housing,
new jobs, parks, and public resources,
and to finally systemize an action plan
to combat climate change and the environmental impacts
our decisions have on the future.
We all know these are not new challenges to us.
Even though most of our city government
share similar progressive values,
there is a polarization
that stops collaboration and progress.
We need new leaders able to push past this divide.
As a city councilmember, I'll get us back to the basics.
Equitable and progressive policy that solves problems
in a practical, "get things done" kind of way.
Seattle will continue down the wrong direction
if we don't change paths,
and I know that my fact-based, collaborative approach
can show real progress for Seattle.
Thank you, and I ask for your vote.