Candidate interview Archives

District 4 Wonkathon: Priorities for Wallingford

Eric May 23, 2015 7 Comments

Here’s the District 4 wonkathon wrap up question! We might repeat the process for District 6 next (North of 50th), if anyone has deep thoughts on the questions or the format here please offer them up in the comments. In particular, are there specific questions regarding Tangletown you’d like to see asked?

The Question: Finally, an open ended question. In the end, priorities often matter more than policies. What are your top one or two priorities for Wallingford? How will life be different in our neighborhood if you are elected?

Abel Pacheco’s Answer: Neighborhoods must be empowered. Doing so will …

District 4 Wonkathon: Fixing the Move Seattle Levy

Eric May 22, 2015 Comments are off

If you read the blog then I’m sure you saw this candidate question coming. Also, to keep the train rolling on these questions I’m skipping a separate calendar post this week, check out our calendar page for what’s going on in Wallingford over the next week.

The Question: 45^th street over I-5 is one of the most congested, dangerous roadways in the city for pedestrians and cyclists, yet the Move Seattle Levy does nothing to help connect Wallingford pedestrians or cyclists to light rail in the U-District. This is the top ask by Seattle Greenways for district 4 and …

District 4 Wonkathon: Camper Vans and Homelessness

Eric May 21, 2015 80 Comments

As a preface, here is an interactive map that the Northlake Safety and Security Team put together of the camper problem down on Northlake way. They state that in addition to the increasing numbers of vehicles, there are “numerous bags of garbage and debris” plus “12 unusually large piles of dog poop/human feces (?) in just a small section of the walking path”.

Also, I apologize for pairing homelessness with property crime in the question. I was trying to boil the questions down to 5 total and the issues both relate to city responsiveness, but the pairing is ugly and …

District 4 Wonkathon: Low Income Supports

Eric May 20, 2015 5 Comments

As a preface, the podcast Planet Money from NPR is a great listen, and they do a good job of covering the gap between rich and poor and the difference between handouts and redistribution.

The Question: Seattle has a myriad of programs for people that are low income that must be opted into through a complex set of lotteries and qualifying paperwork. People in low income brackets are deterred from rising across income cut off lines for fear of losing their benefits, while others who qualify but are not able or willing to advocate for themselves are not receiving benefits.…

District 4 Wonkathon: Neighborhood Planning

Eric May 19, 2015 6 Comments

For the next 5 days we will be running Wallingford’s Seattle City Council District 4 Candidate Wonkathon! As promised, Wallyhood put out 5 Wallingford-specific questions to all District 4 candidates and asked each of them to answer the questions in 200 words or less, although some candidates couldn’t contain themselves. At the end of each post you get to vote on which candidate best spoke for your point of view. We’ll begin with the wonkiest question of all…

Question 1: Wallingford’s Neighborhood Plan dates back to 1998. Unfortunately, this has meant that we have not had plans at the ready …

Patti on Financial Resources 101 Workshops Coming to Wallingford LibraryThat is very exciting. I love our local KeyBank and library and what a perfect p...
fruitbat on Mexican Food Truck Adds Flavor to 45th and ThackerayAnd they're open late!
Mike Ruby on Good Shepherd Center to be Razed and RebuiltCome out to protest. We need everyone to show up to protect the new forest that ...
Oliver Wang on Good Shepherd Center to be Razed and Rebuiltahhh you got me for the first sentence.
Iwasherefirst on Good Shepherd Center to be Razed and RebuiltI take offense at your offense…times infinity +1.

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