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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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Patricia "Pat" Davis |
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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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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 because my work with the Port is not finished. Substantial progress has been made on my initial goals of greater public involvement, transparency and accountability. Today, the Port is at a cross-roads. The decisions made now will reverberate through our regional economy for decades to come. I have the experience, vision, dedication to the public, and ability to make the tough decisions that are required to continue to capitalize on the Port's potential.
The Port is our region's most consistent economic engine, responsible for generating thousands of family-wage jobs and creating business opportunities. During my tenure, trade with Asia in general and China in particular has been explosive. I made certain that the two national Chinese carriers call Seattle their Pacific Northwest home port. My decisions on public investments will ensure that this prosperity continues. I began my career as an activist to protect the working waterfront. I remain its watchdog.
Transportation gridlock threatens the advances our region is experiencing. I've led on the freight mobility projects and will push for funding for continuing these key projects that separate road from rail. I strongly support the Port's active participation in finding a solution to the Viaduct. I'm committed to the development of the expressways that will allow the last transit mile to the airport to provide congestion relief.
Environmental stewardship is one of my highest priorities. Unprecedented advances have been made during my tenure, but more must be done. I will advance environmental protection to the next level. This includes completion of the Duwamish clean-up, aquatic habitat revitalization, air emissions reduction with alternative fuels and shore power for cruise ships, continued protection of Puget Sound, organic landscaping, green building codes, and noise reduction.
My vision for targeted strategic investments coupled with good fiscal management enabled the Port to increase seaport cargo flows and capture new business such as the cruise industry while lowering the tax levy rate. The Port bonds have the highest credit rating of any Port in the country. I bring the specialized kind of financial experience and accountability to office that ensures that we retain this financial stability.
I'm proud of the programs I've initiated benefitting minorities and women. Our ongoing apprenticeship programs have benefitted thousands of individuals. The Minoritiy Business Program has been very successful extending the benefits of Port activities to small businesses. I remain firmly committed to jobs and business opportunities for all our King County citizens.
The Port is the one government that looks like the community it comes from--healthy, diverse, inclusive, environmentally friendly, I am running because I want to keep it that way.
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2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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Integrity: I strongly believe that my job is to balance issues and determine the best public policy. I do not grandstand. I keep my promises. Everyone who works with me knows that I will work on behalf of the public interest and work honestly and openly in pursuit of this goal.
Consensus building: The Port represents the public first and foremost. Our clients and partners include the maritime and aviation communities, unions, business, environmental representatives and local governments, among others. I listen, communicate and reach out. I promote solutions, not division. I am wlling to make the tough decisions, even when issues become contentious. I get results.
Common sense: In making decisions I am guided by facts, information, and understanding of the issues. I consider this old fashioned common sense, and at my age I have plenty of it.
Dedication : For me the job is entirely about working to make this region the best it can be in every sense of the word. That means making thousands of good jobs available, ensuring that more minorities and women are included, seeing the incredible result of our environmental protection policies and programs, and providing leadership that exemplifies accountability, opportunity, and inclusiveness.
I am sustained by my enthusiasm, energy and sense of humor.
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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.
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1) As Port Commissioner, I am extremely proud of the leadership I've shown in creating thousands of family-wage jobs while diligently working the tax levy rate down by 33%, despite the severe recession and post-9/11 impacts. (The rate is now approximately .25 on each $100,000 of house value, example being $75 annually for a $300,000 property.)
My job is to provide solid fiscal management and sound judgement while ensuring the Port continues to serve as our region's most reliable economic engine generating great jobs and opportunities for businesses to grow. I'm proud of the current annual results, 194,000 jobs, $12.1 billion in business revenues, and $6.7 billion in wages. Additionally, the Port's bonds have the best credit rating of any port in the nation.
I firmly support and am proud of our beautiful working waterfront. I will continue to fight to protect it from inappropriate development. I also firmly supported the recovery made at Sea-Tac. Through job and opportunity creation, this project was one of the major contributors to our post-9/11 recovery. Today, passenger volumes are at an all-time high.
2) I've led on the clean-up of some of the worst pollution that had been building for decades around the Port. Collaborating with the EPA, congressional members and property owners, we cleaned- up superfund and brownfield sites while revitalizing aquatic habitat. I oversaw the removal of over 50,000 toxic creosote pilings from our waters, an important continuing program. I'm excited about the advances in air emissions reduction. I initiated the Port's involvement with the West Coast Collaborative. We're partnering with other governments and the private sector to reduce diesel fuel emissions at our airport and in our seaport. Additionally, shore power to the Princess Lines cruise ships has eliminated hours of idling engines. I'm supporting the reconfiguation of Sea-Tac's taxi fleet to run altnernative fuels. And, Sea-Tac's new fuel hydrant system will remove diesel trucks from the airfield.
3) As the first woman elected to the Port of Seattle (and the only female Commissioner remaining if re-elected), I campaigned on the theme of inclusiveness, accountability, and transparency. I'm proud to have delivered on my campaign promise to welcome public scrutiny. I developed the first Port of Seattle budget ever available to the public, as all budgets remain today. I also initiated hearings, established advisory groups, and the hearings processes which brought our communities in. |
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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As an elected official and a leader, it is essential that I uphold the trust invested in me by remaining focused, current, and informed on issues that affect our region.
My involvement with the Puget Sound Regional Council's Prosperity Partnership is two-fold. I hold board positions on both the Transportation Policy and the Economic Development Boards which seek to integrate regional economic development and transportation systems. (This is no easy task). I have gained knowledge of extremeley complex issues that apply directly to the Port's activitiies and that inform my decisions.
I've forged strong partnerships with major ports around the world. These relationships are part of the foundation upon which the Port builds its solid business. I have participated in numerous international seminars which have broadened and deepened my understanding of foreign economies and cultures.
I served for seven years as President of the WA Council on International Trade until 2001 and remain a current member. My involvement with the China Relations Council has also deepened my understanding of international affairs. My undergraduate work in Far Eastern History and my involvement and background in international trade follow a natural trajectory. Lastly, it is impossible to be involved in world trade without understsanding poverty as an endemic issue, which is why I am a member and involved in the Initiative for Global Development for poverty alleviation.
Our region's economic health is integral with our environmental health. Over the past several years, I've been involved in numerous activities and policy initiatives that have been important in positioning the Port as an environmental steward for our region. These include my participation in habitat replacement in the Duwamish, supervising in the clean-up of Terminal 5, and participating in myriad community meetings county-wide on everything from noise pollution to traffic congestion.
The relationship between labor and the Port can be described in one word: symbiotic. I have worked to develop and strengthen relationships with labor first and foremost by consistent communication as well as labor group meetings and event participation.
I strongly believe that my job as Port Commissioner must reflect inclusiveness. I am a long-time member of the League of Women Voters and the Women's Political Caucus. They strengthen my insistence on developing opportunities for women and under-represented populations as well as keep me abreast of current social issues. I have sought to develop relationships with diversity groups at the Port to gain a better understanding of first, the issues, and second, to develop appropriate policies in an effort to balance the majority and the minority. All have been critical to guiding my decisions promoting and initiating diversity programs.
I believe participating in democracy is essential for every citizen regardless of position. My membership in the 43rd legislative district of the Democratic Party has provided ample opportunities to share in our democratic process.
I first ran on the issue of transparency and accountability--opening up the closed doors of the Port. As Chair of Portwatch, a coalition of groups which formed due to concerns about the lack of access to the Port, I was motivated to run for Port Commissioner. I became the first female Commissioner and I have never wavered from my campaign platform.
In closing, we are living in an area defined by one constant: change. I believe it is imperative for all who seek the public trust reflect a commitment in their lives to active, on-going education to better understand the world we live in and serve.
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1) Setting Port policy and establishing budgets: engagement and implementation while providing oversight and ensuring effectiveness.
2) As a representative of the people of King County, one of my most important duties is listening to our communities. It is by attending and participating in hundreds of meetings, events and activities each year sponsored by groups representing citizens, labor, the environment, business, customers, non profit and civil rights, among many others, that I remain connected with our communities' issues and needs. Coupled with sound judgement and experience, I work openly and collaboratively to establish policies that are the best balance of those interests while being both effective and affordable. It takes more than being a good listener. Informed decisiveness is critical which requires, at times, the gumption to stand up and take action, particularly when issues become contentious.
3) The Port Commission is responsible for managing the Port assets as a public trust. Our collective responsibility is to make decisions in the present that will guide the Port for succeeding generations. Our work must ensure that: a. the Port makes a sustainable positive impact to the economy, generating jobs, business opportunities and revenues; b. that the working waterfront is protected and enhanced and that the airport is capable of responding to the needs of the 21st century; c. managing the asset to protect the environment.
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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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MA University of Washington BA Stanford University |
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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-PSRC’s Prosperity Partnership: 2 Board positions-Transpo Policy & Economic Development -WA Council on Intl Trade-7yr Pres -China Relations Council-Board member -Initiative for Global Development (poverty alleviation) -Participation in hundreds of meetings & events sponsored by citizen, labor, environmental, maritime, aviation, business, civil rights, non-profit & govt. groups, among others -League of Women Voters -Women’s Political Caucus -Portwatch Chair -Aids Alliance -Democratic Party, 43rd Leg Dist |
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