City Council candidate Pat Murakami will be at Acadia in Wallingford this Friday, June 16th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Murakami says she wants to be a strong voice for the neighborhoods in City Hall and make developers pay impact fees that could go towards schools, transportation, parks and fire/safety. For more information on this candidate for City Council, please visit her website at http://www.votepatmurakami.org/.
Murakami is running for City Council position 9, an “at large” (citywide) seat. Position 9 is currently occupied by Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez who is running for reelection (in case HALA and development are issues important to you, incumbent Lorena Gonzalez usually votes with land use chair Rob Johnson on this type of legislation).
Murakami is participating in the new Democracy Voucher program. Every registered voter in Seattle was sent in the mail four vouchers valued at $25 each. These vouchers can be given to candidates for at large City Council and City Attorney races. In order for City Council candidates to qualify to receive the voucher money, they must collect 400 signatures plus a minimum campaign contribution of $10. If you would like to support Murakami’s campaign, she will be accepting vouchers as well as signatures with the minimum $10 contribution on Friday. If you have lost your vouchers, you can request replacements by emailing [email protected].
The Meet and Greet will be at Acadia, a wonderful new cafe located in the same building that houses Tableau, at 1651 N 34th Street just south of the Transfer Station. Acadia is in the lower floor of the building. They offer local wines, craft beers, coffee, smoothies, and “fresh, wholesome Southern-inspired fare.”
Come meet City Council candidate Pat Murakami this Friday and let her know what issues are important to you!
Ah, finally, a decent candidate who will accept those vouchers! People might grouse about the vouchers, but you might as well use them, since you’ve already paid for them. Any idea if Bob Hasegawa (mayoral candidate) is accepting them as well? Or is it true that, as I’ve heard, that mayoral candidates can’t use them yet?
In this election season, only the City Council races and the City Attorney’s race are eligible for democracy vouchers
I’ll have replace forms for those of you who lost or accidentally tossed your vouchers. I look forward to meeting all of you.
I just heard mayor Murray at his press conference about his lawsuit being dropped refer to single family neighborhoods in our city as being “gated communities”, and that any attempt to “take away the 20,000 units of family housing is the equivalent of the Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare.”
Never mind that only 6000 units are projected to be built under HALA and MHA.The man has no shame.
Drop by to see the “gated community ” on any street in Wallingford. Let me know when you find one.
It’s just a typical YIMBY tactic to try to shame neighborhood defenders into compliance with their agenda of destroying our neighborhood of “priveledge”and replacing it with Apodments.
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Or condos…
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Nope, there’s no gated community here now, just as there was no gated community here twenty years ago when prices were a fraction of what they are now and we still had single-family zoning.
I wonder if your “source” (who is this “Rezone Seattle* outfit?) cares about all the naturally affordable housing that will be lost due to your gentrification agenda. If inclusiveness is the thing you claim you want, that’s the last thing you’ll get.
Glad to see a candidate who is for smart density growth while keeping the character of the community and one who will be for strong fiscal management before yet other property tax levies