1. Name as it will appear on the ballot
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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? Yes
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan
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1. Beginning with the most recent position, please list public offices which you have held. Include positions on appointive Boards or Commissions.
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Vice-Chair, Judiciary Committee
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2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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In this section, we are seeking responses that reflect the four ratings criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character, and knowledge. These are defined as follows:
1. In a page or less, why are you running for this office? (Note: the interview committee will be given a copy of this statement before your interview; at the beginning of your interview you will have the opportunity to expand on this statement in any way you wish.)
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I am running because I believe that the future will turn out better with my contribution than without. Am I the most qualified of the 135,000 people in my district? I can not imagine that there are not many others better qualified in one way or another. But by education, experience and temperament, I believe I am well-suited to public service, and to this office.
I want to make the government well-run so that it - we,
collectively - can do good and solve our shared problems. To this end I have,
for example, authored legislation to extend performance based governance to
all departments of
One such problem is the degradation of the natural environment. The county plays a key role in water quality, including wastewater treatment, surface water management, and salmon recovery. In fact, I have just taken on a new role as a member of the Green/Duwamish Water Resource Inventory Area Steering Committee working on salmon recovery. The county is also a leader in solid waste, transportation choices, land use and other critical environmental issues.
Another issue is the need for human services. We now spend 3/4 of the county's general fund budget on the criminal & justice system alone, and that percentage is increasing. With the application of a bit of prevention early in life, we know for a fact that we can can help many people who would otherwise have fallen into lives of crime to instead become productive adults. To do so is not just a matter of altruism or morality - though those, too, are worthy motivations. It is a matter of utility, of massive future costs prevented.
One hallmark of a well run government is the ability to make the investments that build communities, such as infrastructure, law enforcement, youth services, small business assistance, and the like. By providing struggling neighbohoods with the technical aid and physical improvements they need, we can turn them from centers of contant dependence on government assistance to successful incubators for contributing citizens. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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I am determined and steadfast, which is critical in a business where meaningful change often requires sustained attention over years.
Though impatient, I am willing to do the hard work of tilling the soil, of laying the foundation, to make long-term success possible and sustainable.
I am conciliatory and able to see the viewpoints of others. While this is not a particularly useful characteristic in contemporary electoral politics, it is critical to the ability to govern.
I have a very strong sense of fairness.
Perhaps most significantly, I was raised to feel tremendous responsibility for the welfare of my contituents, my community, my world, and future generations.
Oddly, the older I get, the more I find myself reflecting on the points of the Scout Law, which I memorized at a very young age, long before I was old enough to become a scout. I find that laundry list of desirable traits a useful yardstick against which to measure my own actions. I must admit that I do better on "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous" and "kind" than I often do on some of the others such as "obedient", "cheerful", or "reverent". But I'm trying. |
3. Please describe in sufficient detail, one to three accomplishments or contributions of which you are most proud. These examples should illustrate effective skills and capabilities you think apply to the office you are seeking. These accomplishments may have occurred at any time in your personal, professional, or public life.
4. Please list or describe your current and past activities in the community in which you have acquired skills that relate to the office you seek. Include your role in the activity and the year(s) in which you were involved. Involvement consists of many areas such as family, neighborhood, community, employment, or public life.
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ArtsWest Board Member 2002-Present Stone Soup (non-profit devoted to women’s issues) Vice-President 1999-Present West Seattle High School Foundation Vice-President 2000-Present Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association Board Member 1998-Present West Seattle High School Alumni Association President 1996-2000 West Seattle HelpLine Board Member 1995-1999 Allied Arts of Seattle Trustee 1992-1998 Seattle Citizens’ Open Space Oversight Committee Member 1994-1997 West Seattle Chamber of Commerce Land Use Chair 1993-1996 Friends of College Street Ravine Founding member 1988-Present West Seattle High School Site Council Founding member 1992-1994 Southwest Youth & Family Services Volunteer attorney 1993-1996
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It has become painfully clear to me in the past year-and-a-half that most people have little idea what - or how much - King County and the County Council are responsible for.
We are the regional government for the nearly 1.8 million residents of King County. We took over enormous responsibilities from the defunct Metro government, such as our extensive transit and wastewater operations. This is in addition to our other regional responsibilities operating, among other functions, an vast criminal justice system, public health and safety, roads and other transportation, emergency management, human services, growth management, salmon recovery, open space preservation and regional parks, solid waste, recording, elections and licensing, and assessment, collection and processing much of the taxes paid to other governments.
In addition, we are the local government for over 350,000 residents of unicorporated King County - effectively, the second largest "city" in the state. I am personally responsible as the sole local elected general government official for nearly 50,000 of those residents living in White Center, Boulevard Park, and on Vashon and Maury Islands.
Surely, to these unincorporated area residents, the local government duties of local law enforcement, local street repair, local cable T.V. coverage and the like must be the most important things we do. But just as surely the places where we are less visible - like treating sewage, guarding against epidemics or preparing for emergencies - are no less critical. |
EDUCATION BACKGROUND SUMMARY
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report is distributed to voters in print and/or on our website. It includes a summary of the candidate’s education. Please summarize your education in 120 characters (letters, punctuation, and space all combined). The League will delete material that exceeds the space limit by beginning with the last entry. Suggested order is (degree) (subject) (school) (year, if desired).
Note: If this question is left blank the League will not include education information in your candidate profile.
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Master of Urban Planning, University of Washington College of Architecture & Urban Planning, 1992 Juris Doctorate, University of Washington School of Law, 1989 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Washington, 1985 |
FOR PUBLICATION IN CANDIDATE EVALUATION REPORT
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report also includes a summary of each candidate’s civic involvement. Please summarize your civic involvement in the space below. We will make every attempt to include the information in the Candidate Evaluation Report as submitted. Due to space restrictions in the Report, your response is limited to 500 characters (letters, punctuation, and spaces all combined). It is important that you list your involvement beginning with the most important and ending with the least important. If you exceed the length of response permitted, or if the League should find it necessary to shorten responses for publication purposes, deletions will be made beginning with the last item listed.
Note: This information will appear verbatim on the League’s Candidate Evaluation Report. If this question is left blank, the Municipal League will not include information on your civic involvement in the Report.
Check here if you would like the Municipal League to copy the first 500 characters from Question 4 to paste into this section.
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Finished!
If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (rebecca@munileague.org). Mail and fax numbers are listed below. If the League has not contacted you to schedule an interview, please call the League office at your earliest convenience.
Don’t forget to send the following to the Municipal League: a resume, a photo, campaign literature, and, if you are an incumbent, constituent newsletters and other materials. Please use the check-off list on the cover sheet of this packet to indicate which items you have sent.
Candidate Evaluation Coordinator: Rebecca Cooper
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: 425-671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org