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?
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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30 Years |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Americans for Joshua Freed |
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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.
2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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State Representative District #1 Position #1
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SECTION III
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 because I want to improve the quality of life for citizen's in the 1st District and Washington State. I bring the experience necessary to represent my district's voters and bring a new vision to Olympia.
My experience from serving as Vice-Chairmen for the International Deaf Education Association has taught me the importance of perseverence and difficult decsion making. I will work to make smart schools by supporting teachers in their efforts to help our children excel in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Washington State deserves a student focused education system that looks out for the needs of our children first.
I bring experience in transportation planning having served on the 522 Citizen's Advisory Board for the City of Bothell. Our board came to a creative solution to integreat transit and multimodal lanes that was accepted by our community. Our transportation system is currently the weak backbone to our economy and needs immediate attention. Steps need to be taken to find waste in our currenty system and focus our resourses on congestion relief. The State must reduce the time and cost of projects by streamlining the permitting process.
I am a small business owner and see the importance of keeping businesses in Washington. We currently fall short in all six areas of competitiveness set forward by the governor's competitiveness council. Too many jobs are being lost and as a result families are hurting. I am a Marriage and Family counselor. Many of the clients I worked with at Lake Washington Technical College were unemployed for the first time in their adult lives. We are facing the fourth highest unemployement rate in the nation and familes are struggling to make ends meet. We must keep businesses in our state and attract businesses to Washington. We need to extend the same benefits that Boeing recieved for the 7E7 plant to small businesses who provide for 60% of the jobs in our workforce. Steps can be taken to lower the cost of doing business by cleaning up our weighty regulations and revamping our Labor and Industries beuracracy. L & I need to be made more useful and supportive of our hard working employees who are injured on the job. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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A good legislator knows how to listen, be humble, and lead. Olympia is full of ego which constantly stands in the way of progress. I adher to the ideals of representative governement that exists to hold the constituants concerns as paramount. In the midst of all the voices in Olympia, I will remain resolute and listen to the voice of my constituents.
I will be a legislator who listens to his constituents. I am a Marriage and Family counselor and have been trained to effectively listen to people's concerns and then effectively address those concerns. I listen best when I speak the least beacause my focus goes off my agenda and turns to others concerns. Listening is about discovering problems and finding solutions. Often solutions are found from gleening off someone else's wisdom.
Humbleness is a key to leadership. True leaders recognize it is not about them, it is about the "other". Humblness allows for representation outside of ourselves. I will be a servant leader because I believe in representing my district as a whole. There will be issues in which consituents will differ but the goal for legislation I vote on will be to benefit the majority.
Leadership is an important characteristic of the position I seek. Leadership means standing tall and leading the way when opposition is pitted against you. Leadership is finding common ground and then leading the cause forward to resolution.
I will be a transparent and consistent representative who leads by listening and being a humble servant leader. |
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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FAMILY
Husband - Married to my wife Lindie for almost eight years.
Father - I am a proud father of Caleb (6), Emilie (3) and Janie (11 months)
BUSINESS
Encourage Counseling - Owner Private Practice Marriage, Family and Adolescent Counseling 2001-Present
Encourage International - President - Non-profit concert promotion business 1999-2001
Celebrations! - The Party Supply Company - President - Online Children's Party Supplies 1995-1999
COMMUNITY INVOLEMENT
International Deaf Education Association - Current Board Member and Vice Chair
Protect-A-Child-Today - Current Board Member
King County Mental Health Advisory Board - Current Board Member
East King County Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition - Current Board Member
Government Voice for Northshore Chamber - Current Board Member
Chamber of Commerce - Member
Kiwanis - Member
522 Citizens Advisory Board for the City of Bothell - Former Board Member
YMCA - Past Fundraiser for Youth Activities
Bellevue Community Services - Counselor
Lake Washington Technical College - Former Counselor
Youth Group Leader - Mentor and group leader - 7 Years to date
Rotary - Member
Northshore Chamber of Commerce - Member
POLITICAL
Past Candidate for State Representative - 2002 (Lost by 2.8% against incumbent)
GOTV Chair for King County GOP
Campaign Manager - Citizen's to Re-Elect Mike Sherstad for State Rep. 1996
Precinct Committee Officer - Bothell 0260
Area Chairman - 1st District GOP King County
Vice Chairman - 1st District GOP King County
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Community involvement is a very important aspect of the office I seek. I have been intensely involved in my community and will bring experience to Olympia from lessons I have learned. It is important to listen to the voices of the people of the 1st District and make myself available to hear their concerns and ideas.
I will be introducing and voting on legislation to improve the quality of life for citizens of Washington State. I will vote on and introduce bills that deal with infrastructure, taxation, family services, and a number of other areas of legislation. It is a high calling in which a humble spirit and a servants heart will be necessary. As a State Representative I will represent the needs of my district to Olympia and seek funding for programs and projects that will positively influence the quality of life of the citizens of the 1st District. I will fight to ensure a well-balanced and prudent approach is enacted.
I will need to guard the rights of the less fortunate who cannot defend themselves and serve my neighbors with the utmost respect making myself accountable to my constituents.
A State Representative needs to be creative. I hope to serve on the Trade and Economic Development, Finance and Banking, Youth and Family Services, and Education committees. We need to get our state's economy moving again and my creative entrepreneur mindset will bring a fresh perspective to Olympia. |
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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Masters in Counseling; Marriage Counseling, Mars Hill Graduate School, 2001
Bachelors in Arts; Business Management, Seattle Pacific University, 1995
Graduate; Inglemoor High School, 1992 |
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