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 No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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12 years in the 1st District (plus the years prior to re-districting) |
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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41 years (We still live in Bothell but just moved to a house in the Snohomish Co. part of City) |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Citizens to Elect Mark Ericks |
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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 been involved in public service my entire adult life. My career in the law enforcement profession provided me with a lifetime of opportunities to make positive impacts on people's lives. As police chief, I worked tirelessly for my community on many issues including many that were outside the scope of traditional law enforcement concerns. For example: I was charged with the responsibilty to build a new police facility. I provided oversight for the entire project from beginning to end; planning, designing, site acquisition, general obligation bond, bid and award of contract, and supervised the day-to-day construction. I brought the $12+ million dollar project in under budget and on time. When I retired from law enforcement I was hired back by the City. I was put in charge of Technology Services, Human Resources, and the Finance Department. As the Director in charge of Finance I was responsible for a number of issues that put me in close contact with this state's tax system. I also served as the appointed City Treasurer, Assistant to the City Manager, and was appointed to a hearing examiner position. I want to apply my years of experience, training, and proven leadership to help solve problems and make improvements to our district, region, and State. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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I have always enjoyed working with people and helping to solve their issues. I have excelled in the ability to solve problems by bringing people together to achieve agreements. One of the ways that I have demonstrated this ability over the years is by solving labor/management issues and labor contracts. I led the negotiations of several labor agreements for the Bellevue Police Department while a member and president of the Guild. After appointment to the position of Chief of Police, I was called on to negotiate several labor contracts as the City's representative. I was even appointed as the mediator of a negotiations process, at the request of the union, which had reached impasse. We resolved the contract dispute in three meetings.
I have always taken pride in my ability to take on new challenges, and excell by studying, learning, and engaging others involved in a way that leads to success. I was faced with such a challenge when I was appointed as the Director in charge of the Finance Division. One of the major accomplishments was the most detailed fiscal analysis and presentation of the City's finances ever conducted. (Copy available on request).
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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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In addition to the issues identified above, we developed a holiday food drive program that outperformed all others in our area. During the holiday season in each year over the past 12 years, the police department gathers and delivers food to our food bank. The last time that I talked to the manager of our food bank, we collected enough food in November and December to feed all the Bothell families that depend on their services from January 1 through April.
I volunteered as a little league coach for girls fast pitch softball and served on the Board of the Northshore Little League. Additionally, I ran a free fast pitch "clinic" for over 10 years. I created this program as a partnership between the City of Bothell, the Little Leagues in our area, and the Northshore School Dist. The School District provided me with a gym, the Little Leagues provided the training balls and supplies, and the City took reservations and provided the insurance. I provided the instruction. I taught pitching from September though March every year for 10 years from 6:00 pm until 8:15 (three 45 minute classes), with 8 to 12 kids per class.
From 1992 until my retirement in 2002, I served on the national Civil Rights Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The work of the committee focused on policy recommendations associated with Civil Rights issues, (hate crimes, elimination of race based law enforcement activities, ect.)
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I am seeking election to the State House of Representatives. The most important duty of our State Representatives is working together to find solutions to problems and challenges in order to improve the future of the people of our State. |
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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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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Served on the Board of the Make-A-Wish foundation. Girls Little League Softball Coach. Volunteer Fast Pitch pitching instructor for 10 years. Served on the board of the Greater Bothell Association (downtown merchants organization). Helped develop and volunteered for the Bothell Police Holiday Food Drive. |
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