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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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan 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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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 for re-election to continue to provide experienced, effective leadership in the City and in the region to meet the challenges of building an integrated multimodal transit/transportation system in the City and in the region, to provide more affordable housing, to improve our public education system and to create more family wage jobs through economic development. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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I believe that the prerequisites for public service are to genuinely like people and desire to help them, to be healthy and energetic and to bring a full range of life experiences to the job. I believe I meet that standard.
Public servants must have integrity and be honest. My constituents and supporters tell me they like my plain spoken honesty and my inability to spin. They know where I stand on the issues.
Elected officials must be able to earn and maintain the trust of their colleagues. I have demonstrated that trait by twice being elected President of the Council, for two, two year terms – one in 1995-96 in my first term and again in 2004-05 – by two different Councils.
Elected officials must also be inclusive, patient, tolerant and tenacious to be successful. I think those traits are demonstrated in my answers to question 3 in this section.
I think effective leaders have a passion for an issue or a project and the strength of their conviction that sustains them in this difficult job. It’s also important to not be too thin skinned since you can’t satisfy all of the people all of the time and you must make difficult decisions. I think those traits are also demonstrated in my answers to question 3 in this section.
And finally, in order to be a true leader, not a dictator, a leader must have a balanced ego and self confidence. My preferred leadership style, The Tao of Leadership, suggests that when a project is completed, the participants will believe that they did it themselves – the leader will give credit, not take credit. It is an effective style working with a team that has developed a level of trust. When necessary I can also play hard ball and let’s make a deal but it is not the way that I believe government should work but sometimes we must play the hand we are dealt. |
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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Mountains-to-Sound Greenway Trust Board 1997-2005 Trade Development Alliance Board 1994-2005 Seattle King County Convention & Visitors Board 2001-2005 Seattle Art Museum Board 2004-2005 Port Jobs Board 2002-2005 Sister Cities Coordinating Council Member 2000-2005 Sports and Events Council Board 1997-2001 Institute for Motivating Reading Board 1994-2001 Seattle Mayor's Homeless Task Force, Chair Governor's Task Force on Homeless, Co-Chair Denny Regrade Crime Prevention Council, President Downtown Seattle Association Neighborhood Securtiy Task Force, Chair Drugs: Draw the Line, Interim and Permanent Steering Committee West Precinct Citizens' Advisory Council Downtown Neighborhood District Council, Business Representative to City Neighborhood Council First Avenue Association - member Seattle Mayor's Small Business Task Force - member Denny Regrade Business Association - Board 36th District Democrats - PCO, Executive Board Denny Regrade Community Council - member National Alliance to End Homelessness - member Women in Unity - member Washington Council on Crime Delinquency - Board King County Women's Political Caucus - member Organized girls' soccer league, coached team in Manalapan Township, New Jersey; chaired local parks and recreation commission
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As Council Member: The City Council is a policy-making body, which as its paramount duty approves and adopts the City's biennial budget. It 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 the citizens of Seattle.
As Council President: I have been elected by my Council colleagues to serve as Council President for 2004-2005. In this capacity, I am the official head of the Legislative Department. The Council President coordinates the work of the Council, including establishment of committees and appointment of committee chairs and members. As Council President I also preside over meetings of the Full Council. When the Mayor is absent from the City or incapacitated, I assume the duties and responsibilities of the Mayor. When Legislation is referred to the Council it is assigned by me to a committee for review and recommendation prior to action by the Full Council. |
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., Psychology, Douglass College/Rutgers University, 1973. |
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