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3. Are you the incumbent? Yes No
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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Nonpartisan
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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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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 have served on the
Monorail Board for nearly 3 years, first on the Elevated Transit Company
(ETC), and now on the
Like many people, I became entranced with monorail long
ago. But unlike most others, I was fortunate to have helped advance
ETC developed the plan that was approved by voters last November 2002, and I am one of only 3 board members who remain from that board. I know what we planned and what we promised voters. I intend to deliver on the promises we made: build a 14- mile monorail system on-time and on-budget with beautiful and environmentally sustainable design, with openness and public accountability. The Green Line is just the first phase of a planned, 5-line, 58 mile city-wide system. Planning for the 2nd line is underway and I intend to engage the same thorough, community-driven process that brought about the Green Line.
I am working hard to ensure the project reflects our values and the needs of working people and business owners while maintaining strict oversight. I have raised a ruckus to keep up the commitment to public accountability. I fought, and won, expanded public comment at board meetings. I fight to increase transparency, helping to kill a proposal to hold secret brainstorming sessions. I also led the effort to establish a ground-breaking diversity policy.
I am more than a monorail booster. I have the experience and contacts to ensure I deliver on the dreams of thousands of transit believers.
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2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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The ability to overcome adversity. I overcame incest, rape and the 1996 murder of my former husband, I am the daughter of a teenage mother who worked mornings in a bakery and evenings in a cannery. We lived with my grandmother, who worked six days a week at a taco stand. Frequently on public assistance, we survived on free lunch programs and county health care; clothes came from the Salvation Army.
I began working in the agricultural fields of
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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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I have been an organizer and leader going back to my 4-H years at the age of 11, serving in a multitude of clubs and service organizations throughout school.
I served as a restaurant and hotel manager from 1980-1987, supervising hundreds of employees and multi-million dollar budgets while also being active in community projects such as Special Olympics, the Tri-Cities Wine Festival, and the Benton-Franklin Chamber of Commerce.
I've been active in scores of Puget Sound projects that cross civil rights, environment, and transportation, from the Sanctuary Si movement of the mid-80's to the Issaquah Valley Trolley Project going on right now.
I've held nearly every office within the Democratic Party, and served on the Alki Community Council and the Southwest District Council of Neighborhoods.
Perhaps most important is my work with federal, state and local government leaders. I have extensive relationships throughout Washington's transportation agencies and influential members of Congress in both parties.
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Board duties include establishing goals and vision, setting policy, building and maintaining relationships with our community, businesses, and other agencies, and strict oversight of staff and the public purse.
Holding staff accountable for the budget and schedule is the most important duty of board members. |
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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BA: Political Science, University of Washington. Associate of Business, Columbia Basin College. Fellowship: Legal Affairs, Press and Protocol, Organization of American States, Washington DC. |
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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Board member, the Shirley Miller Titus Foundation, which serves Seattle’s homeless population with retreats and outings to encourage and facilitate their move back into society Alki Community Council: past president & trustee. Southwest District Council of Neighborhoods. Schools First! Campaigns. Audubon Society and Nature Conservancy. 34th LD and King County Democrats |
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