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Primary Election Voters' Guide |
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Introduction |
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Video Voters' Guide |
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Carter Campaign QuikLinks |
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Home Primary Voters' Guide Contributions by Area Contributions by Size List of Contributors Employers of Contributors Expenditures by Type Contributions by Type |
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Council Position 1 |
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Chow Hegamin Nicastro Norton |
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Council Position 3 |
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Hennick Jones Lippmann Steinbrueck |
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Council Position 5 |
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Carter Firestone Pageler Rodosovich |
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Council Position 7 |
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Brooks Chong Freeman Lawton Whittemore Wills |
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Council Position 9 |
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Compton Fisken Mason Scully |
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Links to Non-Seattle Voters' Pamphlets |
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Lee CARTER
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Click Here to View the Statement of Lee Carter |
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| Written Voters' Pamphlet Statement Submitted by Candidate | |
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I believe our city's government structure is broken and can't be fixed with the available tools. It's time for the Seattle City Council to exercise its `exclusive' legal authority and call for an election of `Freeholders' to completely restructure local government." Seattle citizens are entering the 21st Century with a mid-20th century form of government; one which allows the Executive Branch to avoid accountability; the City Council to ignore law violations by developers; and, the City Attorney's office to be an activist for restricting citizen rights, rather than expanding them. "I'm a 35-year resident of the Garfield neighborhood in Central Seattle. For the past 13 years I've operated my own communications consulting firm. Prior to establishing my own business, I was a broadcast journalist for 18 years at KIRO-TV, KING-TV and KIRO-AM and FM radio stations. I've also served as Executive Director of the Central Seattle Community Council Federation and Deputy Director of the Washington State Commission for Constitutional Alternatives." Seattle government is no longer functional for the new millennia. Because of the outdated structure of our City government, it is difficult for Seattle citizens to hold incumbents accountable for their actions, or, lack of leadership and vision. Seattle citizens are at risk of losing what little authority they have left to deal with the issues of affordable housing; a cleaner environment, and, an accountable electorate. As planning for a "regional" form of government continues among Puget Sound's big government and big business, the rights of Seattle citizens to develop their own responses to those issues are being chipped away. According to the Seattle Times (May 2, 1999), there's a proposed citizens initiative to elect "Freeholders" to write a new King County Charter. It would create the first truly "regional" form of government of Puget Sound. Seattle would come under the thumb of that government because, "Seattle no longer has the population weight or political power," to oppose it. Seattle citizens must be given the chance NOW to elect Freeholders to rewrite a City Charter that decentralizes government, and returns decision-making to local communities. Seattle citizens do NOT have the right to use the initiative process to call a Freeholders election. That authority rests solely with the Seattle City Council. We need Council members who'll defy attempts at regional control of Seattle, and who'll help create a new City government for the 21st Century. |