Seattle City Council Member and Budget Chair Teresa Mosqueda showed up to our endorsement meeting armed with concrete proposals that will help solve the county’s problems AND ALSO a bottle of her family’s salsa. Both offerings make the world a better place. The salsa boasts a fruit-forward punch with some heat on the finish for balance, and Mosqueda’s policies will make our enemies cower in fear and give working people—and those who cannot work—a helping hand or ten.
During her time on the city council, she championed new protections for domestic workers, hotel workers, gig-workers, and ride-hail drivers. She also helped secure hazard pay for grocery workers (for a bit). Perhaps most importantly, she successfully led the fight to pass the payroll tax on big business, which significantly increased the City’s affordable housing and Green New Deal investments. All of that was difficult to do in the middle of a pandemic in a town where big business holds massive sway, but Mosqueda got it done, thanks to her unmatched political skill and tenacity.
