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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54 yrs |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Paul Bascomb for City Council |
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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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Doing nothing is not an option. Failure to act will only result in a future with worse traffic, worse pollution, greater economic and social disparities, and continuing erosion of our regional character and quality of life. I have chosen to run for the Seattle City Council because I have become very disillusioned with the lack of leadership in position #6. I believe that Seattle needs much stronger leadership with a vision towards a bright city future. Seattle has become, an also run, when it comes to being a city that provides and promotes a high quality of life through mitigating traffic issues, business supportive government, being good stewarts of the environment, relief in tax concerns, and many other city and regional issues. The incumbent has not in 2 terms provided a positive approach in resolving any of our pressing concerns. Two terms is plenty enough opportunity to show the citizens of the great city of Seattle what is necessary to improve transportation, schools, job creation, business development, neighborhoods, and create an effective public safety program, he has failed in all of these areas. I am prepared to step up and be a catalyst for collabrative problem solving from all areas. I INTEND TO BE THE LEADER THAT PROMOTES "PUTTING THE LUSTER BACK ON SEATTLE". |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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I believe my strongest characteristic is a strong, ethical, sincere and passsionate spirit that can bring together a diverse coalition of the willing. Having come from a background of having little or nothing in the way of family or community resources to achieving a relative amount of personal success and gaining access to many resources and opportunities makes me very aware of utilizing all our resources to it's highest and best use. Being fiscally and socially responsive and responsible, I believe, are a couple of the most essential characteristics of public office. |
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 generally do not keep records of my personal accomplishments, as I stated earlier, I have been trained to do my best in every thing I do, therefore I do not seek admiration as a consequence of my work. I will attempt to reconstruct various services that I have performed which may not be in chronilogical order: 1. Board of Directors, Washington State Center for Real Estate Research, WSU 80'S 2. President, Seattle Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) 80'S 3. President, Seattle King County Board of REALTIST (NAREB) 90'S 4. Trustee, Board of Directors, Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) 90'S 5. Chairman of Human Resources, Central Area Youth Association (CAYA) 80'S 6. Chairman of Economic Development, The Breakfast Group 2000 7. Seattle King County Board of REALTORS (2000 - 2004) 8. Washington State Association of REALTORS Board of Directors (1998 - 2002) 9. YWCA Project Self-Sufficiency 80's I purposesly stepped away from service for the last few years to concentrate on building a business. Therefore, most of my time has been committed to the real estate industry and providing service to my community.
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Position #6 of the City Council is one of 9 positions that is a policy making body that also approves and adopts the City's budget. The Council provides for public safety and health, authorizes capital (building) improvements, levies taxes, oversees the finances and assets of the City, and promotes policy for the good of Seattle's citizens. I believe that one of the most important duties of the council is overseeing the finances of the city. This is one of the most important duties of the council because many property owners are taxed heavily to benefit a more sustainable Seattle. Capital facilities play an important role in helping communities define and support themselves. The City invests a significant amount of public funds in capital improvements. The choice to invest in capital facilities must be reviewed comprehensively and made within a framework that balances and evaluates the relative importance of competing needs. |
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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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