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I am excited to announce that I am running for city council 9th district. I am starting my campaign by reaching out to you, my friends and community leaders, to ask for your endorsement, financial support, and volunteer effort.  I am honored to have earned the early support of the Philadelphia Leadership Coalition, members of Clergy, community leaders, neighbors and business owners. Also, I have the support of Spiritual Connect Radio, Heat 100 Radio and Behavior Health Solutions.

As a retired Philadelphia Police officer I am well aware of the issues facing our great city. Crime, safety education, jobs, job training and affordable housing are major issues that I will work to address. As your representative I will work to create a safer community for all families.  

I pledge to fight for more equitable school funding for our children. I want to reduce the high school dropout rate. Philadelphia has one of the highest dropout rates in the country. In addition, I want to increase funding for mental health treatment and I plan to create a task force to prevent fraud against our senior citizens.  While working as a police officer in Philadelphia over the past 24 years, I have worked in every section of the city and I am keenly aware of the problems faced by our citizens. I believe that we can work together through civic engagement strategies that I hope to discuss with you in a detailed and comprehensive way in the near future.We can accomplish these goals by working with community leaders that know their communities the best. I would like to partner with community leaders, activist, clergy, Colleges, Universities and Hospitals to address some of the social issues that we are faced with.   

I will run a campaign based on the issues. I pledge to run a lean effective office and hire the most qualified staff to respond to constituent concerns in a timely manner.   I pledge to run an effective campaign with some key campaign services donated. Despite this, I must raise a substantial sum to ensure that I can get my message to the voters. With your help I can look forward to victory.   If you would like to discuss my plans or join our winning team, please contact my campaign at 215-987-9101. Or Yusufjackson4PA2022@gmail.com 

Thank you very much for your support.  

Sincerely,  

Yusuf Jackson