ELECTION 2015: Ballots & 3 City Council debates/forums this week

Big week as the November 3rd election approaches.

BALLOTS MAILED THIS WEEK: By week’s end, you should have your ballot – since King County says they’re going out Wednesday. (The sample ballot on the county website is what yours is going to look like, if you’re in West Seattle.)

THREE CHANCES TO SEE, HEAR, QUESTION COUNCIL CANDIDATES: Unless you are absolutely certain without a hint of a doubt who you are voting for in the City Council races – West Seattle/South Park District 1, plus citywide (at-large) Positions 8 and 9, you might consider going to at least one of this week’s three local forums/debates:

–First and biggest, tomorrow night (Tuesday) brings all six of those candidates (who last shared a table in West Seattle at the Fauntleroy forum five nights ago) to Neighborhood House’s High Point Center (6400 Sylvan Way) for the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce and WS Transportation Coalition co-presented event, focusing on business and transportation related questions. The at-large candidates are up first – Jon Grant and Tim Burgess for Position 8, Bill Bradburd and Lorena González for Position 9 – with District 1’s Lisa Herbold and Shannon Braddock for the finale. Mingling at 6:15 pm; debating starts at 6:45 pm.

–Wednesday night, Braddock and Herbold will be at centerstage in a forum/debate during the 34th District Democrats‘ monthly meeting, 7 pm at The Hall at Fauntleroy (9131 California SW), with guest moderators (your editor here is among them) asking questions on a variety of topics.

-Thursday night, Herbold and Braddock meet again, as we emcee the Friends of the Seattle Public Library-presented District 1 debate/forum at 6:30 pm at High Point Library, part of a simultaneous series of forums in the council districts citywide. Audience questions too – see you there!

joel October 12, 2015 (11:01 pm)

are these ballots that you speak of the one that has the huge property tax hike for more over budget road projects?…..curious how many sales tax, car tab and property taxes we’ve seen in the past few years….the past several increases will seem like couch change compared to the property tax increase the city is asking for in this ballot. I wonder where the mayor and city council think everyone is coming up with all these tax increases?…..get ready for more over budget and not on time road projects coming up! then they’ll conduct studies with consultants to figure out why things are over budget and then next spring they’ll ask for even more money.

WSB October 12, 2015 (11:23 pm)

Yes, Seattle Prop 1 is one of the measures on the ballot. Follow the link toward the start of this story and the “sample ballot” you’ll see is the one that happens to have everything that’ll be on West Seattle ballots, I just happened to notice while writing this. (Or you can use the King County Elections website to find your own sample ballot.)

sam-c October 13, 2015 (8:58 am)

Why is Tim Burgess’ name not bolded like the other candidates ? (like, is it intentional? just curious)

WSB October 13, 2015 (9:09 am)

No, actually, the bolding is done manually and I get distracted sometimes. Labor-intensive style choice I made years ago, with the occasional slipup. Fixing, thanks.

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