Julia Mejia

robot or not there's not even a robot it's just a wheel who would be there to help support the consumer who what how so i i i don't i don't think the safety concern is a good compelling argument for me for you you're it's like i don't think there's anything they would show you where you would think you just trust humans more

For the record, my name is Gabriela Coletta Zapata, District 1 City Councilor, and I'm the chair of the Boston City Council Committee on Government Operations.

Today is October 28th, 2025.

And right here, this is the first line of defense, because first they come for the poor jobs, right?

You know, I'm always ready for a good fight, so I walked in ready.

I'm like, this is one-two punch.

I'm going to take them all out this time, you know.

Your testimony and your contributions.

We're going to transition because we do have a long list to public testimony.

So thank you.

Thank you so much.

Autonomous vehicles represent another important tool in the effort to eliminate impaired driving.

And I want to first start off by thanking the public testimony.

...to benefit from that are not the people that we're trying to serve or the people that we're trying to protect.

So I just want to name that that was very poor taste...

in my personal humble opinion.

While I think it's important for us to get that on the record, I think what it did is provide... I think the words you used in the hearing is that you said you felt like it was in poor taste.

So yeah, I do believe that they are utilizing the disability community to their advantage.

And you don't do that to people.

It's wrong.