I sent the following questions to all of the candidates for Seattle City Council. I’ll put the answers up in Tuesdays and Thursdays: Sept. 6 & 8 for position 1, Sept. 13 & 15 for position 3, Sept. 20 & 22 for position 5, Sept. 27 & 29 for position 7 and October 4 and 6 for position 9. First candidate to respond on Tuesday, second on Thursday. There is a good chance some of the candidates won’t respond, if that’s the case, I’ll probably make up snarky answers for them.
1) Crime is down in the city, but we’ve seen some horrible incidents with the police in recent years. How do we ensure public safety and not have those sorts of things happen in the future?
2) Now that the Viaduct is coming down, what should the waterfront look like?
3) As the great recession drags on, the city budget is still hurt. What do we need to cut, what do we need to keep, and do we need to raise more money via taxation?
4) With its budget shrunk at least until the end of the recession what should Seattle parks look like?
5) What is the Seattle’s role in education and public transportation given how important they are to the city, but that other agencies are tasked with them?
I like #5. I’d have asked them about that appointed parks board you folks have.
I remember that, but I was trying to keep it as broad as possible with the questions.