Next City Council candidates’ forum in West Seattle on Saturday: New details

VIEWS, the West Seattle group organizing the second local City Council candidates’ forum of the season this Saturday (March 14th), has sent the final official announcement with details on how it’ll work:

Come meet and hear from your Seattle City Council District 1 & At-Large Candidates

10 of 11 District 1 candidates confirmed to attend along with Bradburd, Burgess and Gonzalez! (added) And Persak

VieWS has partnered with The West Seattle Senior Center on a weekend opportunity for friends and neighbors to learn what is happening on our Peninsula, and walk away more informed about upcoming elections!

9:00 – 10:00 Meet & Greet Candidates / Breakfast Available [by donation]
10:00 – 10:15 At-Large City Council Candidates address audience
10:15 – 10:30 Welcome from VieWS and Forum Agenda/Rules
10:30 – 11:45 City Council District 1 Candidates Forum
11:45 – Noon Wrap up with a brief bit of Speed Candi-dating!

After brief candidate introductions, moderators will ask questions on a variety of subjects covering Transportation, Quality of Life, Public Safety, and Human Services. We will also feature two “lightning round” opportunities for candidates to answer YES or NO to some high-profile issues that we are concerned about (e.g., Do you support the new homeless encampment ordinance? rent control?). Finally, we will wrap up with an opportunity for you to meet in groups with a couple of candidates in a “speed dating” opportunity for the folks at your table to ask your own questions of the candidates.

The forum is at the Senior Center of West Seattle (Oregon/California).

BACKSTORY: This is the second candidate forum of the season in West Seattle; we presented the first one on February 5th at Highland Park Improvement Club (WSB coverage, with video, here), and the number of candidates has since grown from 4 to 11. The filing deadline is in mid-May; the primary, which will reduce the field to 2, is on August 4th, with the general election following on November 3rd. West Seattle/South Park residents will vote on District 1 as well as at-large Positions 8 and 9; you can find the newest candidate list any time on the right side of this city webpage. Not registered to vote? Do it now!

westseattledood March 11, 2015 (10:41 am)

I have a previous commitment so won’t be able to make this, unfortunately. If this isn’t going to be videotaped and made accessible, what other candidate forums are on official calendars?

WSB March 11, 2015 (10:50 am)

34th DDs are having one next month.

Joe Szilagyi March 11, 2015 (11:45 am)

Which candidate hasn’t confirmed?

WSB March 11, 2015 (12:03 pm)

Joe – VIEWS had said (on its Facebook invite, linked above) that Dave Montoure had sent regrets because he will be out of town. But I have a question out to them to RECONFIRM that, because at the time I sought to doublecheck that a couple days ago, they had something like 8 confirmations in all, so in case he has changed his plans and someone ELSE is the 11th, I wanted to check.
- WSB March 11, 2015 (1:20 pm)
  
  Update – Pete Spalding from VIEWS confirms that Dave Montoure is the candidate who won’t be there.