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HELLO, CITY OF AUSTIN DISTRICT FOR RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS FRANCIS AND I'M SO DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I SHALL BE RUNNING FOR DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL.
I'M A SELF FUNDED GAY SOCIALISTS OR ECOSOCIALIST, WHICH MEANS THAT I CARE FOR THE PLANET AND THE PEOPLE OVER PROFITS AND USING THE PLANET'S RESOURCES IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE MANNER.
I AM PRO BLACK BROWN, LGBTQ WOMEN'S RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS I'M FOR DRUG AND SEX WORK LEGALIZATION OR DECRIMINALIZATION HEALTHCARE FOR ORAL COLLEGE, FOR ALL SLAVERY OR OPERATIONS, LIVING WAGES, ABOLISHING POLICE UNIONS, AND QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, ENACTING RANK CHOICE, VOTING, AGREEING NEW DEAL AND ALL THINGS PROGRESSIVE.
THE REASON I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IS BECAUSE I USED TO WORK AT CITY HALL AS A CONTRACTOR, AND I WAS PAID MEAGER WAGES, FULL TIME HOURS, NO BENEFITS.
AND MY PAY CHECK WAS DEFRAUDED.
YES, WAGE THEFT HAPPENS EVEN AT CITY HALL.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, I WAS TREATED WITH HOMOPHOBIA, XENOPHOBIA BULLIED BY CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN FORGIVENESS.
I BELIEVE IN VENGEANCE AND VENDETTA FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, MY COUNCIL MEMBER NEVER REACHED OUT TO ME NOR ANSWER ANY OF MY EMAILS NOR SOCIAL MEDIA.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER GREG HAS FAILED TO REPRESENT ME AS A COUNSELOR CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, AS WELL AS AN EMPLOYEE OF CITY HALL.
AND I REFUSE, I REFUSE TO BE ANYONE'S COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
THAT'S WHY I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF AND CHALLENGING HIS POSITION.
I DON'T NEED NO MAN TO REPRESENT ME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REPRESENT ME.
I'M SELF-FUNDED, WHICH MEANS THAT I REFUSE TO TAKE ANY MONEY FROM ANYONE.
I DON'T NEED A CORPORATION TO SPONSOR ME.
I DON'T NEED A SUGAR DADDY BECAUSE I'M AN INDEPENDENT HOMOSEXUAL.
I BELIEVE IN GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
QUITE LITERALLY, I LIKE THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG, WHO TAKES OVER 98% OF HIS MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF HIS DISTRICT.
AND EVEN OUTSIDE OF STATES, THAT'S OVER $72,000 FROM PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN HIS DISTRICT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW'S THAT LEGAL BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION TO TAKE MONEY AS A, AS A CITY COUNCIL FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF YOUR STATE.
I BELIEVE IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO ABORTION, NOT EVERY EJACULATION JUST DESERVES OR NEEDS A NAME.
I BELIEVE IN LEGALIZING SEX WORK BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS YOU TO BE PAID POVERTY WAGES OF SEVEN 25 AN HOUR.
THEN THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD AT LEAST ALLOW YOU TO SELL YOUR BODY.
FOR MORE THAN THAT, I BELIEVE IN DECRIMINALIZING, ALL DRUGS, KIND OF LIKE WHAT PORTUGAL DID, BECAUSE DRUGS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, NOT A CRIMINAL ISSUE.
I BELIEVE IN BLACK LIVES MATTER AND BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER.
I BELIEVE IN DIVESTING FROM THE APD, WE SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING 40% PLUS OF OUR CITY BUDGET ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.
40% IS THIS AUSTIN, OR IS THIS AFGHANISTAN? AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE SENT POLICE OFFICERS TO DO THE JOBS OF MULTIPLE OTHER PROFESSIONS, SUCH AS COUNSELORS, PSYCHIATRISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, TRAFFIC RULE, ENFORCERS, ANIMAL CONTROL, ET CETERA.
SO HOW ABOUT WE HIRE THESE OTHER PROFESSIONALS ONBOARD INSTEAD OF SENDING A ONE SIZE FITS ALL RESPONSE THROUGH RESPONDER.
AND IF WE WANT TO REDUCE CRIME, WE NEED TO START AT COMMUNITY IN RICHMOND.
EVERYONE KNOWS EVEN ON A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL THAT POVERTY AND CRIME ARE LINKED.
IF YOU WALK DOWN THROUGH A POVERTY STRICKEN PART, PART OF TOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE VIGILANT.
SO HOW ABOUT WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM AND AIM TO BOSCH POVERTY, PROVIDE HEALTHCARE, CREATING A LIVING WAGE, PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PROVIDE EDUCATION, PROVIDE SOCIAL MOBILITY, PROVIDE ACCESS NECESSARY RESOURCES IN ORDER TO REDUCE CRIME.
FINALLY, THE PS, THERE IS A STONES.
IS THIS OKAY? THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU VOTE FOR ME.