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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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Chair, Neighborhoods 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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Having successfully chaired the Columbia City Revitalization Committee, which was hailed as a major factor in the rebirth of a great South Seattle neighborhood, I've seen what citizens can do to revitalize their otherwise overlooked neighborhood. From there, I was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission, where I served for three years. My final year, I served as the Chair of the Neighborhoods Committee, and I discovered a major disconnect between neighborhood goals and those of City Hall. All too often, the stated goals of our neighborhood plans go unrealized, most frequently in the area of land use.
Since 1995, I have worked in Real Estate, helping first-time purchasers and people of moderate means buy into their communities. It has become increasingly difficult to find affordable housing for those new buyers. As members of our community chase affordability outside Seattle, we will rapidly become an hour-glass shaped city of Haves and Have-Nots, with no middle class. Someone once said that a home is where a job goes to bed at night, and therefore, if people continue to chase affordability, the jobs will eventually follow. Small and medium-sized businesses need both customers and employees. We have insufficiently addressed the housing crisis in Seattle, and, if left unchecked, that crisis will hurt our economy, our ability to solve transportation problems and our ability to provide essential services.
I am running to provide real leadership and focus to solve the housing crisis that exists in Seattle, as well as to provide a strong bridge between neighborhoods and City Government. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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As Chair of Columbia City Revitalization Committee, I was known as someone who could bring together people of disparate views, sit everyone down at a table and find a workable solution to the problems we all faced. I intend to bring my coalition-building experience to the Seattle City Council to get things done.
I have a strong ability to articulate my ideas, and good communications skills are important on a City Council that has not always fully articulated its own vision for Seattle. I feel I can add a strong voice to the Council. |
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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My time as Chair of the Columbia City Revitalization Committee (1998-2000) and on the Seattle Planning Commission (2001-2003) taught me a lot about City Government. I learned the importance of having a broad vision for the future of Seattle while maintaining a strong link to every one of our neighborhoods.
My professional life as a Realtor continues to teach me the importance of an economy where all can thrive and succeed. Family-wage jobs help people make that first purchase of a home, to carve out a stake in their community and become what I became - an actively engaged citizen.
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The duties of a Seattle City Councilmember are to be a leader on the issues that will help Seattle retain a vibrant economy, remain racially and economically diverse and continue to be a place that is available for people of all economic levels.
Seattle's charter calls for both a strong mayor and a strong council. The duties a strong councilmember must undertake include articulating a vision for the future of Seattle. Because City Councilmembers are elected city-wide, every councilmember must be able not only to understand and relate to people with different needs from all over the city, but to be willing to take difficult stands if it means a greater good for the city as a whole. |
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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B.A., Dramatic Literature, Franklin & Marshall College Graduate, Advanced Training Program, American Conservatory Theater |
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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I served for three years as Chair of the Columbia City Revitalization Committee, during which time our neighborhood began to thrive. I'm proud that, because of great neighborhood involvement, Columbia City is now a vibrant urban center. I created a successful community arts and music festival called BeatWalk and I was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission, on which I chaired the Neighborhoods Committee. I remain involved in Powerful Schools and several community groups in Columbia City. |
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