Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia publicized her bid for Council president, thrusting the typical backroom negotiations into the public eye while citing a desire to disrupt a process that has become exclusive and turned the job into an appointment.

Mejia launched a campaign video on her Facebook page, saying that she opted to throw her hat in the ring after learning of a rumor that one of the two candidates jockeying for Council president had secured the necessary seven votes to secure the position ahead of last week’s election.

“I’m going to disrupt the way we do business,” Mejia told the Herald last Thursday. “Right now, from what I understand, allegedly, somebody has already been named, and I don’t understand how that’s possible if the election hasn’t even finished. And so, for me, if

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