My name is Lindsay McHaffie,
and I am running for Seattle City Council
Position 9.
I believe I would be a good fit for the job
because I have experience being low income,
struggling with systemic oppression.
If a person is behind on their child support payments,
the state will suspend the person's driver's license.
How is that person supposed to get to work
to make their payments if they can't drive to work?
New roads being built are getting tolls added onto them.
The Highway 99 tunnel was built to replace the viaduct.
A toll has been added on,
so now only people who can afford to pay can use it.
This is a vivid example of class disparity
that the city is supporting.
Victimless crimes exist
solely for the purpose of generating revenue,
but the people being targeted with these laws are forced
to choose between paying fines or caring for their families.
Much like our elderly, living on fixed incomes,
being forced to choose between their necessary medications
or food. I believe that government
should not make laws that complicate life.
People should be free to be true to themselves,
regardless of how others feel about it.
Laws need to be written
with maintaining the people's freedoms as a first priority,
not how much money can be generated from taxes.
Seattle needs to learn to live within its means.
The city is literally crumbling down around us all,
and everything being done, from my standpoint,
is done reactively.
It is time to start being proactive about our city
and all of the people living within it.
The struggle is real,
and it doesn't have to be.
With your help, I believe we can revive this dying city
and build it back greater and more affordable
than it was before.