July 15

Candidate questions and answers for next month's city council election

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On the Seattle City Council, Tim Burgess supports red light cameras and more trees. His opponent in next month’s council election, David Schraer, also backs red light cameras.

But, in a tree-tome length answer , it appears Schraer wouldn’t have backed the Maple Leaf Community Council in its successful fight to save trees at the old Waldo Hospital. He says, in part: “The current situation, where people are free to decide after-the-fact that a tree, grove, building or institution merits preservation and use that decision to disrupt the long-term plans of individuals, institutions, companies and even the entire city, must end.”

That answer is part of the community council’s election questionnaire, now posted at the council’s website.

The council’s executive board sent out the questionnaire on June 13.  “Our goal was to create something to help community members be better-informed voters for the primary election,” said the board’s David Miller.

We solicited questions from the community and developed a 16-question questionnaire…..All candidates received email reminders and a phone call to the contact information listed on the Seattle Ethics & Election Committee web site. The due date for questionnaire return was July 13.

So far, it appears 12 of the 13 candidates have responded. You can read the questions and their answers here.

Primary election ballots will be mailed July 27  and must be returned via mail to King County Elections by Aug. 16. Voting is entirely by mail. You can find information from King County Elections here.

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  1. These questions are a fabulous resource for informed voters. Please feel free to forward the link to your friends, even those in other Seattle neighborhoods.

    David

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