City Council candidate forum Monday at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
Reminder: Monday, October 12th is your last opportunity to attend a public candidate forum for Kirkland City Council. Four of these candidates will represent Kirkland for the next four years. This election will have a profound impact on Kirkland’s future.
On Monday, October 12th, at 7:00 PM a forum open to the public will be held at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in Juanita for all four Kirkland city council positions up for election. The church is located at 10021 NE 124th St., Kirkland, WA 98034.
All candidates for the Kirkland city council in 2009 including challengers Amy Walen, Martin Morgan, Penny Sweet, Brad Larssen, Doreen Marchione, and Karen Tennyson as well as incumbent councilmembers Tom Hodgson and Joan McBride are expected to attend
The candidate forum is expected to last approximately 90 minutes and will be moderated by Denise Smith, past president of the Seattle League of Women Voters.
Candidates will be asked to answer questions during three different stages. The first stage will include three questions prepared by the Advocacy Committee of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, the committee responsible for organizing the forum. The second stage will be a lightning round where candidates will be asked to answer ten yes or no questions also prepared by the committee. The third stage will be questions written on notecards by audience members that will be read by the moderator.
Questions will cover annexation, the budget, utility taxes, casinos, city planning, and other hot topics that the city council will be faced with in 2010 and beyond.
The Advocacy Committee of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church was created to educate, enable, and encourage church and community members to advocate their point of view to government leaders and elected officials.
This is the second candidate forum hosted at Holy Spirit. During the last election cycle the Advocacy Committee organized a forum between 45th legislative district state representative candidates Toby Nixon and Roger Goodman.
Please visit our Voter Guide for additional information.
Posted by Rob Butcher on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 6:32 am
Filed under Elections, Events, Headlines · Tagged with Candidate Forum, City Council, Elections
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This is the perfect example of short-sighted versus long-term solutions.
Do we damage the long-term economic viability of Kirkland to maintain personal assets? By this I mean as communities grow and prosper there will always be situations when the next-new-building will go up in front of a building that preceeded it. With the exception of landowners that BOUGHT the air rights and view corridors, there is NO RIGHT to a view. I don’t question that it is sad to lose a view one has become accustomed to and enjoys – but why does that become your neighbor’s economic responsibility to maintain? However, you are always in your rights to go to that neighbor and say “I love looking over the top of your building at the Lake and I want to OWN the air rights above the peak of your roof. Here’s a check to offset the economic limitations this places on you in the future”
That’s a hell of a lot different from saying “I’m going to sue you over and over to maintain my view and prevent you from remodeling / expanding / adding to your property”
KIRKLAND IS GOING TO GROW and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
Our children require it
Our economic viability demands it
Our current disintigrating infrastructure screams for it
Will we continue to have councilmembers that answer first to their core supporters? OF course, it’s the nature of the beast. For the last four years they have had a majority in the council and we’ve all seen the results;
lawsuits
lack of decorum
disdain by surrounding communities
gridlock in city hall
backstabbing
Look to the candidates with education, a history of playing well with others and a true committment to Kirkland and not just the special interests who have had us in the economic doldrums for years.
Do you need an example? Just ask yourself if Carillon Point would have been built under this currrent gang. Would Heritige Hall have been moved or simply demolished?
The next 20 days will determine the next 20 years.
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