UPDATED Nov. 6 @4:45 PM
CITY OF KIRKLAND
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: 11690/ 28631 40.83%
Council Position No. 1
Martin Morgan 22.88%
Joan McBride 76.88%
Council Position No. 3
Penny Sweet 67.88%
Brad Larssen 31.96%
Council Position No. 5
Amy Walen 63.39%
Karen Tennyson 36.33%
Council Position No. 7
Tom Hodgson 33.08%
Doreen Marchione 66.67%
PROP 1
Proposition No. 1
YES [...]
The Houghton Community Council will continue to represent its community as it gets the seal of approval from voters with over 67% in preliminary election results.
http://www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/depart/Planning/HCC.htm
HOUGHTON COMMUNITY MUNICIPAL CORP
Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: 1255 / 4596 27.31%
Proposition No. 1 Continuation Of Community Municipal Corporation
YES 722 67.98%
NO 340 32.02%
Source: King County Elections
Thanks to Lisa McConnell for alerting us [...]
Kirkland Views would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication shown by each of the candidates and their supporters over the course of this election. One simply cannot endure the trials of a contested campaign for elected office without a true sense of civic duty. For this, we thank you.
Kirkland is a better place [...]
Welcome to Kirkland!
Preliminary election night results are in and it looks like Annexation of Kirkland’s Proposed Annexation Areas has passed and Kirkland’s Prop. 1 Voted Utility Tax has failed at the ballot.
These results combined with the preliminary results from the City Council races means big changes are coming to Kirkland. Hold on to your hats!
Ballots [...]
UPDATED
Preliminary election night results are in. With 23.93% of registered voters counted, it looks like Kirkland has elected Joan McBride, Penny Sweet, Amy Walen and Doreen Marchione to the City Council. These four women occasionally campaigned together as they were largely supported by the same majority of Kirkland citizens. Likewise, three of the losing [...]
Get the latest rundown of election results for Kirkland City Council at http://www.kirklandviews.com/2009/11/03/election-results/
At 8:15pm, mail ballots counted on election day results will be posted to the Web.
As of 11/2/2009 8:00pm
24.33% of the ballots mailed have been received by King County Elections.
We will update this page as new information comes in.
Results schedule for the November 3, [...]
Political gamesmanship was again played at last night’s Kirkland City Council meeting. However, that is now par for the course and really no surprise. Of particular interest in this election was the Sterbank Review of the Bank of America fiasco from last year in which actions taken by City Staff were reviewed by outside council. [...]
For those of you who have yet to vote in this election, one lesson to learn is this: do your homework. There are falsehoods and dirty tricks being played to persuade you to vote for certain candidates. Learn about the candidates and the controversies surrounding them. This observer can say that without a doubt, in this [...]
The KDA merchants competed in a Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest which helped make the downtown look spooky and ready for trick or treaters. The participating merchants’ jack-o-lanterns were scored by a group of volunteer judges.* The overall winner was The Kirkland Arts Center with their elaborate Halloween Dragon.
Honorable mentions were Mermaid Hair Extensions, Vovina, Soul [...]
By David Aubry
Dear Editor:
It is apparent to even the most casual observer that Change is needed on Kirkland’s City Council. Which candidates will bring this change? The primary theme of Kirkland Council candidate Karen Tennyson’s recent campaign mailer documenting ‘differences’ between herself and Amy Walen is Ms. Tennyson’s City experience and knowledge of [...]
By Diana Mercedes Howell
Dear Editor:
Our Parks Department vows to: “Encourage …groups and individual residents to get involved.” Since 2,000 Juanita Bay Park Rangers have contributed 12,000 volunteer hours enlightening the next generation of young people and enriching visitors’ knowledge of nature and wildlife. In 2008, rangers rounded up over 500 pounds of garbage that floated [...]
By Scott Brady
The allegations that I, and the No Kirkland Annexation Committee (NOKA) members have stolen or destroyed any signs is completely false. We are not thieves. Please do not refer to us as such. Every campaign has suffered destruction of signs, including ours.
I have contacted KOMO 4’s management about the “editing mistake” that led [...]
By Paul Hall
Dear Editor,
I sent this letter to Karen Tennyson and I submit it as a letter to the editor in Kirkland Views:
I was disappointed in the deceptive way that you implied the support of Matt Gregory in your latest mailing. The selectively edited, out of context quote from the Reporter, was clearly intended to imply his endorsement, [...]
By Kiri Rennaker
Dear Editor,
Having served on the Planning Commission for over nine years, I have had the opportunity to work closely with a majority of the current Council members. I have worked with Jim Lauinger, Mary-Alyce Burleigh, Tom Hodgson, Jessica Greenway and most recently, candidate Karen Tennyson.
With the exception of Mary-Alyce Burleigh, who has [...]
By Friends of Karen Tennyson
Matt, Rob and readers of Kirkland Views:
In response to a posting which appeared yesterday, please note that Matt Gregory was quoted (August 19, 2009 edition, Kirkland Reporter) as stating:
“I feel that Amy is not qualified,” said Gregory, adding that Walen has never been on any neighborhood boards or held an elected [...]
By Matt Gregory
Upon my return from two weeks vacations abroad, I was shocked to find yesterday that my name and past quote from the Kirkland Reporter were highlighted on the recent Karen Tennyson mailed flyer. People have since contacted me about this as they took it as an implied endorsement, for which they knew [...]
By John Michael Gilday
Dear Editor,
I was saving this for the November issue of The Eastside Sun, but it’s too important to wait. I hope I can borrow your soapbox.
I’ve been thinking about The Godfather a lot over the last week. Even watched it for the 36th time. Now I know why it’s [...]
By Martin Chaney, Chair 45th LD Democrats
Editor, Kirkland Views
I write in response to a recent letter published in the Kirkland Views criticizing the 45th Legislative District Democrats’ endorsements in Kirkland City Council races of BRAD LARSSEN for position 3, KAREN TENNYSON for position 5, and TOM HODGSON for position 7. These criticisms include a variety [...]
UPDATED
In a startlingly frank assessment of the current Kirkland City Council and those yearning to join it, the Seattle Times has made the following endorsements:
Seattle Times Endorsements for Kirkland City Council
Position 1: Joan McBride (incumbent)
Position 3: Penny Sweet
Position 5: Amy Walen
Position 7: Doreen Marchione
The Seattle Times states, “Kirkland deserves a City [...]
Katherine Long, Seattle Times Eastside Reporter has filed a story on the four races for Kirkland City Council.
Kirkland has been divided by battles over the size and character of downtown development in recent years. The city is grappling with a budget and the council is so beset by infighting that more than one candidate called [...]
Group urges vote against Councilmemeber Hodgson based upon “his violation of every ethical protocol we know of…”
In an extraordinary plea to the voters of Kirkland, fifteen former Kirkland mayors and city councilmembers have posted an open letter urging Kirklanders to oust incumbent Councilmember Tom Hodgson and vote for Doreen Marchione. Marchione is running against incumbent Hodgson [...]
The following is a list of endorsements each of the candidates for Kirkland City Council has earned to date. Update information by submitting it here.
Position 1
Joan McBride (incumbent)
ORGANIZATIONS
Kirkland Firefighters
City of Kirkland AFSCME
Women’s Political Caucus
Cascade Bicycle Club
Washington State Conservation Voters
FORMER KIRKLAND MAYORS
Doris Cooper
Bill Woods
Michaele Muse
Larry Springer
David Russell
Deb Eddy
Jim Vaux
Mary Alyce Burleigh
D.V. Hurst
Bob Neir
FORMER KIRKLAND COUNCIL MEMBERS
Sants [...]
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Now that ballots are due to arrive in mailboxes across King County, are you looking for more information on the countywide issues and candidates in the upcoming general election? Then [...]
Your ballot is either in your hands or it is in your mailbox. The big decisions before Kirkland residents are for City Council and the voted Utility Tax Prop 1. In the City, there are four races for City Council.
In the Potential Annexation Area, there is no bigger decision to make than annexation. The question [...]
By J. Donald Dicks
12 October 2009
45th District Democrats
P.O. Box 2784
Redmond, WA 98073-2784
cc: Letters to the Editor at:
Seattle Times
Kirkland Reporter
Eastside Sun
Kirkland Views Blog
This morning I received a flyer on my doorstep from the 45th District Democrats which endorsed certain candidates for Kirkland City Council. I am a democrat but I have to say shame on you [...]
Last night the Holy Spirit Lutheran Church held a well-attended candidate forum at which each of the eight candidates for Kirkland City Council answered both prepared questions and moderated questions from the audience. The event gave the public their last opportunity to see all of the candidates answer questions prior to the election.
The forum consisted [...]
By Robert L. Style
The 3rd Quarter of the City Update was mailed but is not yet on the city’s Internet home page. Page 5 contains threats of reduced services if Kirkland’s Prop 1 doesn’t pass. Most of the threats are just that and will not occur unless Council wants them to because $3.8 million can be saved [...]
By Karen Tennyson
The Growth Management Act was adopted by the Washington State Legislature to stop uncoordinated and unplanned growth that posed a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development, and the quality of life in Washington. The Puget Sound region is expected to grow by over 1 million people in the next 20 years. Kirkland [...]
By Penny Sweet
Kirkland, and many other cities in our region, face serious “structural” problems with their budgets. As serious as that is, the solution is not that complicated. Absent real tax reform in Washington State, cities must face the reality of declining revenue during this recession and make the hard choices needed to [...]
By Joan McBride
This is a timely topic as our nation and region are in the midst of an economic downturn of unparallel proportions. The downturn has pointed out to our city and to cities across our state the danger of relying too much on sales tax. As the economy tanks so does sales tax.
As it [...]
