-Hi, my name is Mia Jacobson,
and I am running for Seattle City Council Position 9,
which is an all-city position.
I am 37 years old, a third generation West Seattleite,
a third generation union longshoreman,
and a single mother of three.
I was born in the house that I'm raising my kids in,
a house my parents could afford with a single income,
and one that I cannot afford,
working the same job my father did.
In the last 20 years, Seattle has become almost unrecognizable.
Our lives keep getting harder
and there is nothing we can do to stop it.
We get mad. We make signs. We vote.
We call our representatives.
Everything just keeps getting worse.
We must stop acting like any of this is normal, healthy, or okay.
The people of Seattle have no measurable impact
on the daily decisions made by our government.
There is no way to protect ourselves from bad policy.
This is a serious problem for all of us,
regardless of our political differences.
We need to understand the limits of the process
we have inherited.
Public policy is drafted and voted on by people
who are most often not affected by it.
While the people who are cannot contribute to the conversation which creates it.
You can blame bad policy on somebody else,
but a healthy city is our responsibility.
In the last 20 years,
the only thing that has outstripped inflation
is our rate of technological development.
Seattleites everywhere are already using online platforms
and digital tools to educate
and organize themselves around solutions
to our modern problems.
It's time to bring that energy to City Hall.
Our elected officials need all the help they can get.
We are on the verge of a great social transformation,
as our evolution demands that we reimagine what human is, does,
and is capable of.
You might be waiting for a revolution,
but we will prepare a renaissance
as we shift our focus from the powers
that be to the powers that we have become.
With your vote, we will ask everyone in Seattle
how the city has failed to address their concerns.
And with your vision, we will build a city that does.
It's time to vote rabbit.
Vote Mia Jacobson for Position 9.