1. Name as it will appear on the ballot
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Wen |
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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? Yes X No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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16 years |
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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16 years |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan x Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Campaign Name: |
Wen Wu Lee |
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Address: |
P O box 13253 |
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City/State/Zip: |
Des Moines, WA 98198 |
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206-683-5688 |
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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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Leadership Role (if any) |
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2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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Port of Seattle Commissioner |
2005 |
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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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The reason that I am running for Port of Seattle Commissioner can be summarized into 4 points 1. Put my father’s teaching into action: contribute your best to Public Good. I had MBA degree and years’ experience of handling financial and budgeting projects in billions dollars. Working as flight attendant, I have 12 to 15 days off each month ( plus 2weeks vacation each year ). I have knowledge, experience and personal time to contribute to PUBLIC GOOD, specially for the Port of Seattle Commissioner position. Although I like to volunteer in local elementary school; being a math tutor or volunteer in environment conversation project, however, being a Port Commissioner, I can make greater contribution to the society. 2. For the past 9 years, Sea-Tac airport is the place I reported to work. I am a flight attendant for NWA airlines. Days in and days out, I witness Port of Seattle as the most wasteful/inefficient and bureaucratic public entity. I have a lot of ideas to trim down the port’s energy consumption; make the Port of Seattle ( POS) be responsible for protecting its surrounding environment; be accountable for its financial and budgeting . POS can make progress and improvement in a short period of time only if I run and get elected as POS commissioner. 3. I can communicate with 90% of world population in their own language. I understand both Eastern and Western cultural. I am the ideal culture/trade ambassador for POS. I am financial independent. I need no money from this position. Being a flight attendant, I had been traveling around the world and in the meantime got paid for my work. The POS sponsored trade mission tour for POS commissioners will NOT be my foreign trips alongside with sightseeing/shopping tour, it will be my working tour( without being compensated) to promote trade and cultural exchange. 4. With my major in Economics and Management, I like to apply the theory into reality world: “Make the best allocation among the limited resource.” We need to keep our air fresh, our water clean, we have a lot of Real Estate property and seaport/airport infrastructure. We have No. 1 software and No. 1 aircraft manufacture industry in our community. However We DID NOT have proactive POS Commission. To set long term planning for POS is my another agenda to run for POS commissioner. 5. I am the most qualified candidate for POS commissioner. I will not accept big campaign donation. I want to prove the truth about “ In running for election, only money talks and walks”. I agree what Henry Ford said:” People deserves the government they elect.” |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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Since I was a child, I am also in leader position. Class leader, team leader while attending in school/university. Even being a flight attendant , I am “Purser” qualified flight attendant. Purser is the cabin lead for international flight ( the leader for at least 12 crew members and 250-400 multi-nationality passengers in 10 hours or longer flight.) I always follow my father’s teaching : “contribute your best to “PUBLIC GOOD”. I like to volunteer my time and my expertise to the good cause. Currently I am a Board of Director for Wing Financial Credit Union, the No. 1 Credit Union for air transportation industry. It is a volunteer position. I believe the Credit Union philosophy : member help member in financial/banking industry. “Never stop learning” is my daily practice. Through new knowledge and new skills, improvement comes forward. Passing through lots of airports around the world, I made keen observation of each airport’s operation. My beloved home base “SEA” do have a lot of room to improve. Since I was a child, I was very conscious conserving the environment. Early on I already practice the “reuse, reduce and recycle”. For being POS commissioner, I can promote this concept to benefit the “bigger WE” community. POS should stop wasting ASAP. To make a lot of money is not my life goal. Among my siblings and circle of friends, there are a lot of millionaires. They are still busy to make more money. Since I am financial independent, I choose to contribute my time and skill to better our society as a whole. Being as POS Commissioner, I will put “public interests “ on top priority and eliminate the special interest groups completely. |
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.
One retired teacher ( She taught English in Middle school.) called in and asked who wrote the my statement in the King County Voter’s Pamphlet for me ? My answer: “ I wrote it myself.” She responded: “ You had done a good job.” Later I found out it costs minimum $500 up to $2000 or more if I hire professional service for such writing. I did receive few phone calls who want to make campaign donation to me. My answer was : “ No, I don’t need your money. If you think I am the one to represent your interests / the general public interests as POS Commisssioner , then VOTE for me. “ To me, democracy is priceless. Not the big money to buy the public office position.
I want to contribute and lead the POS transforming into a good government entity to better serve our community. I accept $5 per person donation this time. If I get elected, the “BIGGER WE” wins a better government. If I don’t get elected, the “smaller I “ wins a more joyful personal life. Either way, it is win-win situation. I am proud of myself to get involved and make contribution. |
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 am actively volunteering in my children’s school from Kindergarten to high school. I was a math tutor for after school tutoring to those students who needed extra help In math. During the school opening nights, few parents came up to me and thanked me because I made great impact on their kids. But I have no ways to link faces between children and their parents. To me, all children deserve good education. Volunteering my time and expertise in school made me a happier person.
I was the coach of math competition team ( my son is one of the four team member ) of Summerset elementary school in Bellevue School district for 3 months, the team won the 3rd place as a team , my son won 2nd place as individual in that particular statewide competition. Later, all my children won various awards as individual and as a team member in math competition through out their school years.
I was in PDC committee (consists the Principal; student body representatives, teachers’ representatives and parents’ representatives) of Newport High school for 2 years. With group efforts and open communication, PDC committee committed a better school curriculum and community involvement.
I got elected as a member of Board of Directors in Wing Financial Credit Union since 2002. It is the biggest credit union to serve air transportation industry. It has $1.5 billion in assets, 100,000 in membership. Credit Union is co-op organization. Broad member is a non-paying volunteer position. I enjoy to contribute my time and expertise in this good cause.
Flight attendant is my job now. Whenever I work on my trips assignments, I always do above and beyond for the passengers and strangers who has special needs. Although that is not part of my job and I gain nothing for doing good deeds. I am a believer each small action can amplify into main wave. Peace in Earth is achievable goal. |
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To better manage/allocate POS resources ( Real Estate, physical facilities , its strategic and geological location and its human resource) for its most economic usage.
To make POS accountable for its financial and budgeting spending. Reduce waste and increase operational efficiency.
To make open communication with general public , no more behind curtain transaction that Pays favors to few individuals.
To promote trade (physical commodity/intellectual technology) as well as tourism (cultural exchange and conference/convention ).
To set up the long term plan for POS via gather general public opinions/ advises from Economist/coordination between related governmental entities.M |
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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MBA - U. of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL). Studied Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Management. M. S. - UNL, major in Agri. Economics and Statistics Analysis. B. S. - National Taiwan 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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I was volunteering in Bellevue School District for more than 12 years. As a math tutor, I helped students in after school math tutoring classes. I volunteered as coach for Summerset Elementary School math team which brought back awards from state wide competitions. Some of the team members continued to win numerous awards from elementary through out high school. I was a parents’ representative in PDC committee of Newport High School for 2 years. I am a member of Borad of Directors for Wings Financial Credit Union. It is the biggist credit union to serve air transportation industry. |
Finished!
If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (cec@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: Jason Thibedeau
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: (425) 671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org