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Nick LICATACAMPAIGN ADDRESS2518 S. Brandon Court Seattle, WA 98108 Phone: 206-782-7486 Email: licatacampaign@aol.com |
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Our City must seek solutions that strengthen our democracy and protect the welfare of all our citizens. As your City Councilmember I have applied the following principles when addressing the challenges before us: 1. Promote efficient government by basing pubic investments on measurable return to the public. 2. Promote open government decision making to assure the public that elected officials make decisions based on the facts not personal contacts. 3. Promote policies that distribute public resources fairly across our city so that all residents have their greatest needs addressed first. Here's how I've applied these principles to my work.
The biggest problem the post WTO review identified was that the City never formally reviewed or approved hosting the event. If hosting the WTO had received the kind of open public review that I insisted on when we considered hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, we may have avoided the resulting chaos. I was the first Councilmember to publicly raise questions about the impact of the Olympics on our city's environment and budget. Who was going to pick up the bill? I convinced the Council that there were insufficient mitigations to protect our residents from the traffic congestion, housing shortages, liability exposures, and environmental impacts that would have resulted. Our laws must recognize that people's homes are where they live, even if they are renters. Until I got on the Council this recognition was buried. I successfully passed the first pro-renters legislation in over a dozen years by giving tenants the simple right to have a 60 day rent increase notice instead of 30 days when they received a rent increase greater than 10%. I also succeeded in doubling the amount of funds available for dislocated tenants. By emphasizing an open government that brings people together I was able to get an Arboretum Plan approved that eliminated buildings but not the plant collection, and move the new Aquarium site so that pier 62/63 remains open public space on the waterfront. I also ensured neighborhoods were prioritized in levies for libraries, community centers, and parks. I have been endorsed by the King County Labor Council, King County Democrats, the Sierra Club, JAMPAC, Women's Political Caucus, Washington Conservation Voters, and rated "Outstanding" by the Municipal League. I ask for your vote on November 6th. Nick Licata P.S. I've supported the Monorail since 1997!
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