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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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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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Seattle city council position #4
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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 for office becasue I believe strongly in a citizen's government, a government of, by and for the people. I work with young people who tell me there is no reason for them to vote because their vote doesn't count anyway. Too many poeple see no connection with those who supposedly represent them. I can work cooperatively with people of divergent views to create a city council that works together for the benefit of the whole. The hypocracy that permeates the process keeps distrust and fear as the tools to control the population. I do not want to be a aprt of that. I want to be an example of what this country was meant to be and hasn't been lately. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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(1) Good instincts. When somethnig doesn't feel or sound quite right, I investigate. (2) Inquisitve. I will research, ask people I know who may know others with knowlwdge on a particular subject so that i have all the facts and differing perspectives before making a final decision. (3) A strong sense of justice. I have always spoken and acted for social justice and have never let political correctness or fear guide my decisions to do the rtight thing. (3) Cooperative. I will stand up for justice while looking for common ground with those of a different view so we can build on that commonality and maybe even find a whole new way to do things. (4) Creative. I am willing to try new ways. Just because it hasn't been done, doesn't mean it can't be done. |
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.
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* Neighborhood planning: getting SHA, Parks Department, shopping center, environmemtalists, Daystar Retitement, Roxhill Elementary School, Westwood Neighborhood Council, Delridge Neighborhoods District Council, to work together as a model of real cooperation and planning.
In that process, I got the residents at the SHA Roxhill property to organize their own community council and participarnig in the Delridge Neighbrohoods district council as well as being members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. They renamed their site Westwood Heights due to many of my efforts.
* Revolutionizing ARC: When Bruce Bently and I joined the Associated Recreational Council (ARC), it was dominated by wealthy north end advisory councils that did not underatand the needs of the southeast, southwest, and central AC's. We led the revolution to change the membership and get active participation by all members who now felt they were heard and could use their own voices. The organization has created many opportunities for access and understanding between diverse people.
* Public Safety: starting the petition to get the SW Police Precinct built and following the process through to completion as well as organizing Powrful Partners for Powrful Yuoth for prevention of drug, alcohol, and gang activites and being actively involved in community Alliance for Youth as well as advocating for domestic violence victims.
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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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For the past 4 years I have been a consultant with Seattle Schools and the facilitator of Powerful Partners for Powerful Youth setting up drug, alcohol, and gang prevention programs for middle school youth. I write grants and find ways to get those of many divergent views to work together. I work with the faith community, human services, business, city departments, elected officials, community councils and other coalitions to accomplish the goals of creating activities and situations that prevent negative behavior and support positive behavior. I serve on the steering committee of the West Seattle Coalition of Human Service Providers and the steering committee of Community Alliance for Youth. I was on the Sealth HS Communities That Care team and also part of the community piece of that presently stalled effort. I coordinated joint meetings in an attempt to bring the best services to the youth and their families. As a member of a neighboring community, I particiapted in the High Point Hope Six project that produced very different results from what happened in Hope Six projects elsewhere.
I continued my efforts on the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail and the work on the Roxhill Bog which is the headwaters of Longfellow Creek. My neighborhood planning efforts laid the groundwork for the work that has been done by many community members working together.
I have been very succesful at getting other people actively involved in the community. I would like to take this expertise into a broader arena so that there is more citizen invovlement in our city rather than less.
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The City Cuonicil is the legislative branch of the city government. It decides the budget for city departments by approving, modifying or not approving the mayor's requests. The council creates ordinances and secures the resources to finance running the city.
The legislative branch, to be succesaful, must represnt the spirit of the city, work with the execitive, and each other, building on common ground to address the issues most important to the citizens and residents of this city.
The budget is the single most important duty of the council and I would promote having the budget published line item so all citizens know exactly how their money is being spent. |
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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4 years college; no degree double majpr psychology & sociology and triple minor English, history, and philosophy. |
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