If you’re tired of all those fat cats in politics, why not vote for an actual cat?
According to the New York Post, Queens resident Raquel Namuche Pacheo has launched a write-in campaign to elect a cat to the NYC City Council seat in District 30. Specifically, Pacheo’s own cat, 9-year-old Leo.
“For decades, District 30 has elected individuals concerned only with ‘quality of life issues,’ but they lack the actual ‘common sense’ to understand high rents, the high cost of food, unaffordable childcare, and other survival needs impact quality of life more than graffiti,” Pacheo tells the Post.
As for how Leo intends to address those issues, the Post reports that the cat’s policy ideas include “legislation instituting a citywide, mandatory daily afternoon nap,” which, honestly, doesn’t sound like a bad idea.
Before you break out the catnip, though, it doesn’t appear that Leo has much of a shot of assuming the City Council seat, even if elected.
“We can certainly say that only a human being — specifically a US citizen — can hold elected office in NYC,” a Board of Elections source tells The Post while also asking if the questioning reporter was “intoxicated.”