I am running for Mayor because Seattle’s future is worth fighting for. I’m ready to take honest stock of the challenges facing our city and offer my expertise as an award-winning civic leader, urban planner, and engineer to strike Seattle’s problems at their root cause. My candidacy is not a political stepping stone. After decades working on systemic solutions to urban challenges, I’m running to solve Seattle’s problems. I’m inspired to bring my proven track record of tenacity, innovation, and inclusive, accountable leadership to City Hall.

Our city’s record growth compels us to reflect on the kind of city we want to be. Seattle is confronting challenges of unaffordability, an economy out of balance, inadequate transit, and surging homelessness. Our region’s prosperity should provide shared opportunity for all of us, not just the well-connected and wealthy few. I am the only candidate who has offered substantive policy proposals to achieve this vision.

We must curtail the speculation in our housing market with a new tax on corporate and non-resident ownership of our homes, and plow the proceeds into affordable housing. We must invest more in transit, ensuring our growing communities have access to reliable, frequent bus service. We must protect and expand our small businesses, the backbone of an economy that builds and keeps wealth in communities. We all see our failure in leaving people behind to fend for themselves on the streets. This is not who we are; we need a coordinated, effective system for welcoming houseless folks back inside.

As a candidate, I am not accepting contributions from large corporations because I believe city leadership must be accountable to future generations and the public good. As Mayor, I will not allow the future of our vibrant, diverse city to be compromised by lobbyists and political insiders. We cannot allow Seattle to become a city of haves and have nots. I believe in an inclusive and welcoming Seattle, and I’m committed to justice, equity, and sharing power across race, class, and gender. As Mayor, my leadership team will be at least half women, LGBTQ, and people of color. Transformative ideas emerge when we come together with multiple skills and diverse perspectives, committed to equity. Our challenges require us to work together with openness and respect.

Awarded: The Stranger: Political Genius Award; Municipal League of Seattle: Citizen of the Year; Real Change: Change Agent of the Year.

My vision for Seattle is to make our city the leader of compassion, innovation, and transparency in America.  Our city is built on a foundation of these values.  However, increasingly these values are being eroded by special interest and politicians who see Seattle as a stepping-stone for self-serving aspirations.  Too often the goals of special interest and politicians are in direct conflict with the vision the citizens of Seattle have for their city. As mayor, I will give Seattle back to its citizens and give them a voice once again.

We are a city enriched by opportunity, technology, progressive values, and both human and fiscal capital.  Together we must seek win-win solutions to ensure all citizens are capable of realizing the opportunity and prosperity Seattle offers. Our current leaders do not share this vision.  They actively divide our citizens through identity politics and regularly ignore their concerns.  We are no longer able to have a conversation with our elected officials with the confidence we will be heard.  Instead our voices fall on deaf ears or are strategically controlled to silence us to a whisper.

As mayor, every challenge Seattle faces will be addressed by science, efficiency, technology, evidence-based solutions, accountability and unrelenting compassion.  Whether it is housing affordability, homelessness, the opioid crisis, or our regressive tax system, I will implement these same proven strategies.  We will capture a robust amount of data so we can truly understand the problems we face.  We will integrate evidence-based solutions throughout our city.  We will measure every strategy to identify which work and which do not.  We will only invest taxpayer money in strategies proven to work.  We will leverage information sharing and technology so every department yields the best possible results.

Accountability and transparency will be a pervasive theme throughout my administration and will be used to drive down our costs and regressive tax burden.  All city contracts, budgets, and cost overruns will be readily available for inspection by our citizens.  We will only invest in contractors who are accountable and meet their performance and fiscal obligations.

My experience as a research scientist, technologist, and small business owner make me uniquely qualified to address these challenges Seattle faces.

As mayor, my only goal is to make Seattle the world-class city we all know it can be.  I will work every day build a foundation of prosperity for all citizens.

I’m a pro-business progressive — a committed Democrat who believes in fiscal responsibility.  That sets me apart from my opponents.  I’ve lived and worked in Seattle for 34 years now. I’ve seen good government and bad. And like many of you, the last eight years or so I’ve seen City Hall run on a deficit of courage and imagination. Our elected officials are stuck in a rut now, proposing new taxes as the only solution to any problem, becoming increasingly disconnected from the people of Seattle, their administrations more bloated and inefficient by the day. We’re missing extraordinary opportunities to take the lead on the environment and climate change, our homeless epidemic, education, economic development, all the things that we in this town know how to do. We need to remain a Sanctuary City and fight the Trump regime at every turn, beyond just filing lawsuits. And we need to bring the Sonics back!  I’m committed to do that.

I’m running for Mayor to bring fresh new ideas to this great City.  I’ll use my skills as a clear communicator to bring people together, to re-claim the "radical center," where the best ideas win and solutions are found. I will not raise taxes or impose any new tax on our citizens. I’ll empower small businesses and start-ups and work to reform the B&O tax/gross receipts tax. As Mayor, I’ll personally immerse myself in the homeless epidemic, engaging our Police Department, corporate citizens, and non-government organizations – including implementing a Dignity for a Day Program to get people off the streets and out of the camps. I’ll set Seattle on a course to convert to 100% renewable energy by 2035.

All roads have brought me here.  My experiences as a accomplished conservationist, a regional eco-tourism industry leader, and a network television journalist and documentary filmmaker have provided me unique perspective and understanding of the issues facing our great City and our place in the world.  I love Seattle! It’s my home and where I’ve chosen to raise my 9yo and 6yo as a single father and educate them in our public schools.  I’m asking for your vote for Mayor to try a new approach.  Let’s work together to right this ship.  Let’s make our City more affordable, livable, civil, and business friendly.  Vote Michael Harris, Mayor of Seattle.

Michael Harris

ABC News Producer/Photojournalist, Conservationist & Former Executive Director, Pacific Whale Watch Association

My name is Keith James Blaise Whiteman and I want to be the next Mayor of our city of Goodwill, Seattle.

Seattle, as a system, is comprised of three main parts: governance, business and community.  Some believe that each part of this system will have their intersections while maintaining separate responsibilities. I believe that government and business depend on the community to thrive, and should work together to hold each other accountable to produce a city that the community wants. I believe in a city that is not made in the image of business or government, but with the eyes, ears, hearts and minds of the community.

Seattle needs pre-trial detention reform. No longer should bail be based on wealth. Money should never determine freedom. We need to adjust the way we perceive the issue of homelessness and the viable solutions to improve lives. Encampment clean-ups, not clean-outs. I want to reevaluate the way the shelters are set up. I will create more accessible, family and partner friendly shelters. The city council needs to continue with the heightened independent oversight of the SPD, and I will demand that oversight. We need to increase training for police officers, especially in matters of mental health and de-escalation. No militarization of the SPD. No bunker. No Youth Jail. The Design Review Board needs to be reformed. They need to be permanent, paid positions. We need sociologists, historians, community specialists and mandatory representatives from each district on each board.

Human rights are undeniable and any attempt to block those should be loudly and swiftly rejected. I stand with all immigrants and refugees and will protect their rights and liberties. Indigenous tribes will have more of a voice in our government. I will fully support indigenous culture, people, rights and property. I support all sexual orientations and genders, binary and non-binary. No longer will we tolerate bigotry and racism. We need to ban the Confederate flag from being flown in Seattle, except in approved situations, such as in historical use and museums. Black Lives Matter.

The truth is veiled in a fog of personal influence. A true leader is one who is able to rise above that fog, above themselves and what they experience and fight for the common truth, the common good, and the common sense.  I promise to listen to everyone’s individual truth and create a common quilt of governance.

Seattle is America’s fastest growing city, with a dynamic economy, unmatched natural beauty, and great neighborhoods. Yet traffic, homelessness, and lack of affordable housing jeopardize what makes Seattle special. Solutions are within our grasp, but require progressive, pragmatic leadership to get the job done.

I am the only mayoral candidate with a proven track record of progressive policy results, expertise in transportation and land use, and a demonstrated commitment to our public schools. As Mayor, I’ll bring my experience as an attorney and three-term legislator to address these challenges, and build a Seattle that is affordable, sustainable, and welcoming to all.

Delivering Transportation Relief

Traffic harms our quality of life, economy, and climate. I helped craft the legislation currently completing 520 and I-5 improvements and facilitated Sound Transit expansion. I served as Executive Director of Transportation Choices Coalition, and helped lead a transit agency.  As Mayor, I’ll work to accelerate the delivery of light rail, meet carbon reduction targets, and keep our streets clean and well-maintained.

 Increasing Affordable Housing

Seattle must be a place where everyone can afford rent and save up to buy a home, and retire on a fixed income. I’ve sponsored efforts to build affordable housing near light rail, and worked with City Council to bring affordable units to areas capable of handling growth. As Mayor, I'll address the emergency of homelessness by prioritizing a "housing-first" approach, rather than leaving people on our streets.  

Protecting Working Families

I chaired the Legislature’s Working Families Caucus, sponsoring legislation to increase the minimum wage and enact paid family leave. As Mayor, I'll expand family-wage jobs, address gender pay inequity, and protect against federal cuts to our social safety net and healthcare.

Supporting Public Schools

Seattle Schools deserve a partner in City Hall who has demanded and won needed funding, an active public school parent committed to closing opportunity gaps and helping every kid reach their potential.

Prioritizing Our Quality of Life 

I was born in Seattle, attended public schools, graduated from UW, and made my home here with my husband and three kids.

As a Mayor who knows what it’s like to raise a family in the city, I will invest in new playgrounds, protect our parks, and work to bring the Sonics back to Seattle.

Endorsements: Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib; Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz; Democratic legislators; Councilmember Rob Johnson; environmental, labor and business leaders; district Democrats, and more.

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In 1859 my great great grandfather Joseph Henriot left his home next to Mark Twain’s in Muscatine, Iowa, and headed west, to avoid a war and seek a dream.

He earned enough money mining to buy the first farm in Washington from the Hudson’s Bay Company.

He knew Chief Seattle.

My grandfather heard Theodore Roosevelt tell pioneers that “The time has come and gone when we can allow men to skin the land and move on...”

My grandpa's business was Kelso Feed and Fuel, across the street from a whore house the mayor frequented. When the depression hit, Longview developers skipped town, busting him.

He saw Franklin Roosevelt pick the country up and proclaim: “Let it be said of my first administration that the forces of greed have met their match.”

Without memory, as the French say, there can be no civilization. I am a historian, political scientist and Seattleite born on Capitol Hill in 1947. I went to Mercer Island HS after Obama’s mama, when it had the best teachers in the state. I spent the sixties at the UW, studying journalism, political science and the Roosevelts.

I have watched in horror — and publicly warned about — Seattle’s mad dash for riches and fame without any sensible plan or preparations for the problems following the dollars. We are #1 in growth. A previous title holder: Flint, Michigan.

Over the last 45 years Seattle has gone from being The Most Liveable City to one teetering on disaster, beset by near terminal gridlock, homelessness, and the loss of its native populations.

I saw this coming. And I know the way out. Make the boom pay for its impacts. Preserve essential Northwest values, like greenbelts, water, salmon....

Our first priority must be to tackle our transportation cluster. For openers, I have a plan that will cost a fraction of the tunnel and move many more people to the places they want to go.

As with our other problems, we should address them in the same way engineers like my father tackled the 707 and pollution in Lake Washington.

It’s going to take our best, and if we can pull it off, it will be a miracle. But we love our home and love-- as we all know -- can create miracles.

Join us. Let’s save Seattle and be an example to the world of how to create a sustainable city.

I AM RUNNING for Seattle Mayor because I believe Seattle needs no-nonsense back-to-basics management.  As your Mayor, I will focus on bringing back fiscal responsibility to our government, repairing our aging infrastructure and cleaning up Seattle so it is safe for everyone.

WE MUST LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS.  The City of Seattle is currently bringing in more tax and fee revenue than ever before. Yet City Hall still has their hands out.  I believe that the problem lies with politicians who have never met a payroll or had to manage a budget. Whenever they want to do something, they throw money at it.

As a small business owner for the last 40 years, I know how to balance a budget and how to manage efficiently and effectively.  I know what it will take to get businesses to come to Seattle.

Bringing new businesses to Seattle, decreasing unemployment and increasing revenue will create a strong, vibrant, active, and safe downtown.

INVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE is critical.  I intend to sit down with the DOT and all related Seattle Departments to get an update on the progress of on-going projects.  My goal is to understand where we are on each existing project and what we have coming up that must be done.

Seattle needs a new Transportation Manager focused on current and future projects, and creating a greater sense of urgency to alleviate the traffic congestion problems.  This must be done - and we must get those projects on the fast track.

CARING FOR OUR CITY will make it safer for the community and will help our homeless.  It is impossible to see someone living on the streets, or struggling with drug addiction, or unsuccessfully seeking employment without feeling the tug on the strings of your heart.

Without a doubt, these people need to be helped. We must provide real roofs over their heads and a clearer path to a better lifestyle. For the drug-afflicted it is critical that rather than enabling them through drug injection centers, we address the root of the problem and assist them in breaking their addiction.

And our first responders have a very difficult and dangerous job and they certainly need City Hall's backing and support in order to do their job properly.  I will work with all departments to make sure they have the tools they need to keep themselves and our communities safe.

Rents and home prices are skyrocketing. And despite incredible wealth in our city, we keep getting hit with new regressive taxes.

If you wanted to design a system to drive out working and middle class residents, this is what it would look like. Growth that benefi ts the wealthy, with the impacts paid for by those in the middle and the bottom.

Here’s what I would do if elected:

• Cut Unneeded Spending - since 2013, the city budget has grown 25%, over $250 million. I would immediately review the budget to cut unneeded spending and redirect it to our priorities.

• Fund the Basics - every neighborhood should receive equitable funding for streets, transit, parks, community centers, and public safety.

• Provide Safe Housing – our social safety net is failing homeless individuals and our neighborhoods. We need to ensure a safe place for every person to sleep at night that is not on the streets or in our parks.

• Give Neighborhoods a Say in Their Future - Seattle’s population growth means we need more housing. I would launch inclusive neighborhood planning to build the housing we need and fund local priorities. The future of our neighborhoods must be determined by renters, homeowners, and small business people - not just dictated by City Hall and big developers.

• Hold the Line on Property and Sales Taxes - Regular Seattle taxpayers repeatedly have had to pay the bill for our City’s growth. Instead of regressive taxes, we should look to new revenue streams, like an income tax on wealthy individuals, or new business taxes on big companies who are benefi ting the most. And exempting more small businesses from B&O taxes.

Donald Trump is a disaster - which has real consequences for our budget and our people. The strongest way to resist Trump is to put Seattle in a fi nancial position where we are immune to his bullying. We can’t just play defense, we must dedicate our resources to advancing Seattle’s progressive values.

I was elected during the 2009 recession. I cut budgets while protecting core services. Kept the streets plowed. Ended a garbage strike. Organized against coal trains. Conducted over 100 town halls and held the City accountable to you.

Seattle’s middle class and working families are being forced out of the City we love. I’m ready to hit the ground running to fi ght for a Seattle that’s aff ordable for everyone.

Hi, I’m Jenny Durkan.

I’m running for mayor because I love Seattle. I was born here, and my partner Dana and I have raised our sons here.

I believe Seattle must always remain a fearless, compassionate city that invents the future.  But today we are at a crossroads. We risk becoming two Seattles, where too many people are pushed out, and too many cannot keep up with rising costs.

We can make Seattle more just and equitable. We can solve the problems we face –housing affordability, homelessness, transit and transportation, climate change – by working together.

That requires a mayor who shares Seattle’s progressive values and has the skills to provide strong, steady leadership. I know how to bring people together to tackle tough issues and get things done.

I will stand up to Trump and show that our diversity is our strength.  I know we can protect the vulnerable while building a vibrant economy that fosters innovation and empowers workers.

Before I went to UW Law School, I worked as a teacher and a Teamster baggage handler.

As a lawyer, I represented victims in the worst circumstances and fought to get them justice. I protected victims of sexual abuse and violent crimes. I held government accountable for deaths caused by negligence or misconduct. I’ve done pro bono work my entire career, like volunteering as a lawyer at a women's shelter.

President Obama appointed me the first openly gay U.S. Attorney in our country’s history.  I worked with police officers and community groups - the ACLU, El Centro, OneAmerica, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project - to reform the Seattle Police Department.

I created a civil rights unit focused on housing discrimination, job discrimination and the rights of returning veterans.

I battled the opioid problem, prosecuted gun crimes and cybercrime. I championed criminal justice reforms, including a federal drug court.

The day Trump issued his travel ban, I went to SeaTac Airport and helped stop people from being unlawfully deported.

As your Mayor, I will bring the same commitment. Together, we will grow Seattle’s middle class and make our city a place of opportunity for everyone.

Endorsed by:

·         Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund

·         Former Governors Chris Gregoire and Gary Locke

·         Former King County Executive Ron Sims

·         Former Mayor Charley Royer

·         City Councilmembers Burgess, Bagshaw, Juarez

·         State Legislators Reuven Carlyle, Jamie Pedersen, Eric Pettigrew

·         Community leaders Lem Howell, Ruthann Kurose, Juan Cotto, Dolores Sibonga

I have been a business owner, consultant, and political activist in the Seattle area for over 25 years, as well as a life-time resident. As an advocate for artists, musicians, and small business; I have worked with city officials to bridge the gap between venues, neighborhoods, and the public to create safe environments where or rich Seattle culture can prosper. As an organizer, I have used my platform to help others in the community promote diverse causes ranging from homelessness, cancer research, women’s rights, marriage equality, and environmental issues. Politically, I define myself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I believe that the solutions to our problems can be attained within the framework of a properly managed city budget. Instead of raising property taxes, it’s time to do more with less.

The old ways of throwing money at problems are over. It’s time to get to work and find new and creative ways to bring affordable housing to everyone and end homelessness. Predatory development companies have manipulated our housing market for too long. The rapid displacement of neighborhoods and communities has got to stop. We need tax reform, sensible budgeting, and effective leadership. We need a mayor that values people and communities above corporations and developers. I will be that mayor.

Seattle is a city that is going through growing pains. Rapid growth has created great opportunity but also great rifts. We are swiftly becoming a city of haves and have-nots, it’s time to bring the balance back. Affordable housing, homelessness, opioid addiction, transit woes, and overdevelopment are all real issues that the next mayor will be asked to solve. I accept that challenge.

Our city needs new leadership. I want to be that leader. I believe in empowering communities to invest in themselves through small business, to have a vote when it comes to up-zoning, and a voice in the issues that affect their neighborhoods. It’s by partnering with neighborhoods and communities that real change can happen. Your voices matter and are critical if we want to preserve the Seattle we love and forge a path for the future.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, & Writing. Certified in Grant Writing. Graduate programs in nonprofit management.

Occupation: Grant Writer, Business Owner & Philanthropist

Statement: “EVOLUTION” For All People. United We Stand. Divided We Fall. 

An Evolution is Change towards improving that which exist, preserving the good characteristics and losing any detrimental characteristics. 

We deserve a Leader who has gone out personally into the Community, listened to their ideas, concerns, and became proactive towards Evolution. We deserve a leader who knows this change is random, generally slow, good, and bad. We deserve a leader who knows that the Natural selection is not primary intent of evolution. The retention of whatever is working is. 

I am that Leader!

Born and raised in 37th District, my family has lived here for four generations and I am currently raising my son here. As a Grant Writer, I found within the Government, State, Local, District, Federal Agencies, Courts, Businesses, Nonprofits, Land, Documents, Contracts, Process, Procedures, and Policies have clerical errors resulting to discriminations that Violate Civil Rights in the “Equal Opportunity Policy” pertaining to jobs/employment, education, medical, housing/homelessness, loans, grants, policing, and crime.

Today, as an active community Leader: Founder at Warren & Cato Consulting Firm, I created a resolution to the clerical errors in “Equal Opportunity Policy” by rewriting the application processes and policies that Violate Civil Rights Act pertaining to oppression, murders in our communities, immediate end to police brutality, and crime. For example, remove what has nothing to do with skill or experience, like race, creed, sexuality, income, or crime.

The voice of the legitimacy to speak for the community of Seattle, the people want to protect their families, be independent and financially secure. This is the “Land of the Free.”  

Elected Experience: None

Other Professional Experience: Business, Business consultant and Caregiver for my mother.

Education: Graduated from college, University, Master degree in Engineering and Management

Community Service: Won class action in 1997 for housing discrimination, which included HUD. Won a very unique class action in 2015 against DSHS for stealing $100 million from 50,000 people. Speaking over 1200 times in many council chambers about local government corruption and restore our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Alex Tismerman speaks in council chambers every day.

Statement:

Are we better now than 4 years ago? Stop fascism with idiotic face!

I, Alex Tsimerman, speak to you Seattle emerald degenerate super smart freaking idiot, who bring Seattle to number one fascist city in America with Nazi−socialist−Gestapo principle. That always choose dirty garbage rats that drink from fatcat toilet and who make your life miserable and brought us to total collapse. Enough is enough it cannot go forever.

No Taxes for fi rst $100 spent on food, dress, everything. We pay $100 billion for taxes. Enough is enough. Give ordinary people a little bit of air for breathing.

We are stuck in Seattle between Amazon and illegal immigration and there is only one way to bring the City back to normal life— move 100,000 Amazonian from downtown and 100,000 not legal immigrants from city.

We need to guarantee affordable housing for everybody and stop speculation and start taxing 25% for every foreign house buyer. We need to fi x our crazy traffi c problems, which has totally destroyed our lives and our cars.

To stop homeless, I will ask local billionaires to give 1% of their wealth so we can fi x this problem once and forever.

We need to open Bertha Room in City Hall one time per week for open public conversation and honest candidate forums. This can stop the people from being controlled by Nazi−Socialist−Democrats.

Elect me as City Mayor, I will work for free and all management will be only from Seattle and Salary will beno more than average income.

For City Mayor we need to elect business people like Alex Tsimerman who can operate a City which has$6 billion, 12,000 employees and 700,000 citizens.

StandUP America, StandUP Seattle so we can bring us back to normal life. We have enough money in thesystem to make life better for everyone without a penny more from the people.

Making Seattle livable for everyone

Hi, I am James W Norton Jr., candidate for Seattle City Mayor 2017. I have lived in the city of Seattle for 20 plus years. I have served as a Seattle Police Officer and have been a small business owner. In my opinion our City government should represent our people and our businesses not politicians and their agendas.  Some of the difficulties facing Seattle residents and businesses today are things I deal with daily.

I feel that the community deserves to be and should be heard.

I plan to have this happen through  town meetings. Seattle is known for its unique neighborhoods which have unique needs. I want to understand those needs from the residents not from some "study".
 

Traffic has become worse not better.

I am outraged that our taxpayers continue to be asked for money to reduce congestion yet traffic worsens every day.
 

Our current plan for the homeless is not working. ?In working with the homeless every day, I see many facets to this issue. We have grouped substance abuse, criminals living on the street, and the mentally ill together under the category of "the homeless". Each group has its own challenges and deserves its own solutions.
 

Seattle is a great place to live for those who can afford it.

I want to make it affordable for everyone. We have become a big city quickly and because of this we need to have a big city solution.
 

I want to build a strong partnership between the Seattle Police Department and our communities so both groups will feel safe and respected. I would like to provide forums for communities to address their concerns, learn about police work/talk to patrol officers and why the police do what they do.

I love Seattle and I want it to remain an innovative and special place. Seattle has been a leader in the tech, aerospace, music, food and beverage, arts, and sports fields. I have lived in many cities and Seattle remains the greatest place in which I have ever lived. With your support, we can keep it that way for us, and for the next generation.

With your help this can be the beginning of an even greater Emerald City.

I stand for accountable stewardship.

I want to become your mayor to ensure all citizens of Seattle will grow and prosper while protecting the diversity which is uniquely ours.  Seattle benefits when we agree on the priorities together, and those entrusted with your money are held accountable for how it is spent. My job is to get the results we want most.

Seattle has provided great opportunities for me and my family.  Growing up in a 100 year old family business, I have huge respect for the time and effort it takes to make a living responsibly, and keep it going.  I know first hand it takes talented people working together to bring meaningful results for sustained development and prosperity.

Seattle is my home; I have lived here my whole life and love it - for all it has to offer.  Its natural beauty, fantastically diverse businesses and highly educated population are second to none.  I am driven to give back.  My metaphor for Seattle’s spending and priorities is “hard earned tax dollars chasing elitist unicorns.”

My question is simple: are you happy with the results for the taxes you pay?

I will steward the resources you entrust to the city of Seattle, and I’ll make sure we get the desired results.  It’s not about my ideas although I am known to think deeply and wisely from a place of civic benefit.  It’s about doing what the people of Seattle want most.  I will work tirelessly to ensure our community’s priorities are clear, communicated and maintained to the end.  And, I’ll do this with respect for everyone in the process.  Most importantly, your hard earned tax money will be spent wisely before ever asking for more.

I will be successful.  I am uniquely skilled in setting a goal and directing resources in capital, equipment and manpower to get results – from business to motorsports. I lead with integrity, listening intently and challenging the status quo.

Seattle has never had as much cash as today and, it will not always be this rich.  It is critical to use it wisely.  I would very much appreciate your vote.

Education: Franklin High School, Seattle; BA, Business Marketing, Seattle University

Experience: Oberto Sausage Company, Board of Directors; Oberto Marketing Director and Production Manager; FIA World Champion Automobile Racer; Technical Director, Champion Hydroplane Racing Team; Sports Marketing Advisor/Consultant

Hello.  I’m Casey Carlisle, and I’m more socially liberal than liberals and more fiscally conservative than conservatives.  My opponents want to vilify certain groups of people and/or certain businesses.  I don’t want to vilify either; I want to live and let live.  I am the only candidate who wants us all to live our lives in the manner we see fit – without the City’s permission – as long as we aren’t harming anyone else or stealing.  Instead of the public serving the City, it’s well past time for the City to serve the public.

The government is not as effective as individuals are at solving problems, and since the government is not an effective tool, we should have it stick to as few tasks as possible.  I want to make government boring again by sticking to the basics: public safety, water, electricity, and roads.  Seattle doesn’t need 11,600 employees to accomplish those tasks.  All other tasks are partisan and, therefore, harmful, but my opponents – who all have virtually the same platform – want to make City Hall a bigger rip-off than it already is in our already-expensive city.  They all have the same ideas that will harm the very people they claim to care about.  We live in a very unique city, but if we continue these methods, we’ll be no different from New York, D.C., or San Francisco.  Those cities have higher costs of living, more traffic congestion, and greater rates of homelessness.  We all want less of those problems, not more.  Our city is full of competent and compassionate people, so instead of being forced to “fix” the homelessness problem – a problem that continues to worsen – let’s voluntarily choose to fix our problems in a competent and compassionate manner.

I don’t – for even one second – presume to know what’s best for you or your family, which is why I’m asking for your vote.  Voting for me is voting for individual liberty, and it’s voting to be left alone.  It’s voting to bring sanity to City Hall.  Voting for me is voting against both forced unionization and excessive taxation (the 10.1% sales tax appears low to my opponents), and it’s voting to protect property rights.  Voting for me is voting against cronyism, and it’s voting against favoring some groups and businesses over others.  Thank you for taking the time to read my statement, and please visit my website for more information.

To be Mayor, I propse to bring back the Gold Old Days, the “Happy Days”

Education:

B.A. Sociology, University of Washington, 2000

B.A. Human Behavior, University of Washington, 2000

Minors in Far East with Russian Studies

Memberships in UW Alumni Association and The Baptist Church

Political Experience:

Senior Class President, Queen Anne High School, 1953

Director, Geneva Conventions of 1949 Association, formed to stop war crimes preceding the ending of the Vietnam War.

Providing an effective counter-ideology to the Soviet Communist ideology.

In support of the above and also my family, I have done painting, tree work, and lawn and garden work with my small business, Happiness Enterprises. Prior to this, I was a commercial fisherman, logging watch and an MSTS mess-man on a voyage to Japan and South Korea.

I was raised in Seattle. My parents were Ray Jones, an ex-Marine who was Fire Chief at Fort Lawton, and Evelyn Hones, an excellent pianist-musician who performed at many of Seattle’s foremost places and had her own all-girl band. I graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1953, where I played football and pole vaulted. I hike, camp, climb, and ski. (I can’t get enough of this)

I would accept the number of millions of dollars for Seattle from President Trump and support all Federal laws as our duty. Seattle will not be a sanctuary city for immigrants who commit crimes while here. Those who come to America to better themselves and contribute ought to receive special grace, but they must support our laws. Those immigrants who come to exploit American are hurting too many people, and these must have their status reviewed. I support VOICE as a way to report crimes like marriage or relationship fraud by immigrants trying for citizenship or sponsorship at the financial and emotional expense of trusting Americans.

With respect to the fact that it was Presidents Yeltsen and Putin who threw the “Red flag” out of Russia, replacing it with the red, white and blue Federation of Russian states flag, which could be considered an overture to the West, and the moderation the President Putin has shown regarding Obama, and that the insurgency in Ukraine was not caused by President Putin but by a remnant of the old Soviet Union, I will include Vladivostok in a sister-city trade route. This would be from all of America to all of Russia, through Seattle.

Nikkita Oliver knows firsthand the experiences of Seattle residents struggling to build a safe and secure home within our city. As a resident who works multiple jobs to make ends meet, she deeply understands the need for a living wage, affordable housing, and paid sick and parental leave.

Nikkita is an advocate, artist, educator and licensed attorney. She earned her Masters of Education and Juris Doctorate concurrently from the University of Washington. For years she has contributed to the vibrancy of our city through art, advocacy and education. Nikkita has dedicated her entire career to communities becoming self-empowered and building a more just, affordable and equitable city. Whether inspiring our children and youth in the classroom, partnering with our Educators, or fighting with community against unjust policies, she has demonstrated what it truly means to be a public servant.

As mayor she will establish a local government that is accountable to all of our residents. Chief among her concerns is the lack of affordable housing and the current crisis that has left many in our city living without shelter. She believes every Seattleite has the right to secure housing and aims to work in coalition with city leaders, developers and community members alike to create a plan that provides truly affordable housing for all. Additionally, she will work to increase educational resources for our schools, support progressive tax reform, and fight to protect our city’s most vulnerable residents from inhumane treatment like homeless sweeps and unjust executive orders.

With the support of the newly founded Seattle Peoples Party, Nikkita is committed to increasing community voice and input at all levels of city government. She will ensure our city government is accessible, accountable, and transparent. She will restore avenues for residents to speak directly to government officials and build opportunities for residents to impact the policies and decision making processes of our city. Nikkita has the necessary vision, drive and broad community support to make Seattle a truly progressive city.

For the working class, the greatest of all battles ahead is to throw off the image of ourselves that we do not have the capacity to organize, learn, and to transform ourselves as we fight to end capitalist rule and establish workers power.
 

As the slow burning global depression continues, the financial capitalists and the well-paid professionals who serve them, sense that mounting struggle- class struggle- lies ahead.
 

To meet this challenge we have joined protests against racist attacks on Blacks, South Asians and against police violence. We have walked the picket lines with USW silver miners on strike in Mullan, Idaho; helped build and participate in the May Day actions for immigrant rights; supported the Familias Unidas farm workers union fighting for their first contract in Skagit County; and participated in defense of Planned Parenthood for a woman’s right to choose abortion.
 

The unions must organize the unorganized and support the demand for amnesty to fight for the solidarity of our class. This is a life and death question for the labor movement.
 

We speak out against Washington’s imperialist wars- from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria. We oppose the ruler’s scapegoating of Muslims and against Jew-hatred which seeks to divert workers attention away from the common enemy- the capitalist system. We join in the celebration of the freedom of Oscar Lopez and demand an end to colonial rule of Puerto Rico.
 

The Cuban Revolution sent volunteers to beat back apartheid South Africa’s invasion of Angola and sent doctors to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. The revolution shows the solidarity achieved when workers and farmers over throw the capitalist class and end their dog eat dog system. End the embargo! US Out of Guantanamo!
 

The capitalists rule through their Democratic and Republican parties. The 2016 elections showed that much of the working class has no confidence that either of these parties can or will solve our problems.
 

In Seattle as elsewhere, as long as the capitalist class rules,  conditions concerning health care, housing, homelessness, mass transit, education, wages, and a decent livable retirement for those who have produced all their lives will continue to deteriorate. We can fight and push back the bosses and their government but only a massive movement leading to a Socialist revolution can solve these problems in the interests of the working class. The Socialist Workers Party is your party. Join with us!

Education: Studied Engineering, Leadership, and Conflict Resolution at John F Kennedy SWC

Occupation: Entrepreneur and Small Business Owner

Statement:

Seattle deserves real leadership, leadership free of ties to special interests or national politics; and that leadership has been missing for decades. The rapid growth and lack of leadership we’ve experienced has presented us with predictable problems: Housing shortage, traffic congestion, homelessness, crime, and lifestyle challenges.

The current Seattle political class has proven inadequate to these challenges. If we don’t make the changes I propose then more of the same special interests will give us more of the same problems. I have the nonpartisan, outside the box leadership skills to make the positive changes the current political class is unable and unwilling to implement. We need a Seattle suitable for all to pursue their dreams, not just for a well-connected few.

As results-oriented leader, my mission is to Save Seattle, to restore and enhance safety and prosperity for all Seattle. I believe our city’s culture is under threat and that the path forward must be based on all citizens having a voice in our shared future. Seattle cannot move forward until the influence of powerful special interests is reduced and our leaders abandon corrosive identity politics.

In addition to being a local business owner of over 25 years, I served over two decades as Green Beret. The motto of that elite unit is “De Oppresso Liber” — which means, “to liberate the oppressed”; this defines my personality and life’s mission. These leadership attributes and hard-won experiences are unique in the field of candidates seeking positions of Seattle leadership.

I have the vision, discipline and unmatched experiences needed to lead Seattle into the future built on its unique attributes: our superb natural environment, our history of inclusiveness and innovation, and the talent and spirit of our citizens. I believe the other candidates will continue the policies that have brought us the traffic, housing, and crime problems we now experience.

As a born and raised Seattleite, I look forward to leading our city to a new and better future as our next Mayor

Seattle's economy is booming, yet most of us who are not part of the 1% are feeling the economic squeeze and losing the ability to live in the city we love; we are becoming a world class city of inequity.

This is why I’m running for mayor. I’m a lifelong Seattle resident with a long history of standing up for the interests of working people. As a current State Senator and former leader of the Teamsters Union, I have a proven record of effective leadership, building relationships and executive administrative skills which will allow me to transform city government so it works for the interests of all people.

My Japanese family and community were incarcerated during WW2 just because of their ethnicity. That forever instilled in me a sense of justice, which is why I was the first legislator in our state to endorse Bernie Sanders, actively campaigned on his behalf here at home, and was elected to be a delegate at the National Convention.

The growth and development we are experiencing must be better managed so that residents and businesses can continue to live and prosper in Seattle. Our regressive taxation is leading to a fiscal crisis where the taxpayers will no longer be able to support the infrastructure to maintain and grow our city.

Growth should pay for growth, which will enable us to build sidewalks and schools, and reduce traffic congestion.

We need bold new ideas to address the growing economic inequality in our city. A municipal bank is a cornerstone of my platform. It will raise revenue without raising taxes, and can drastically increase our financing capacity for public housing, sidewalks, schools, and other infrastructure like municipal broadband.

With integrity, compassion, and principled leadership, together we will revitalize our city and neighborhoods into nurturing communities, recreate city government so that it’s truly inclusive of all people. Nothing about us, without us.

We will build a world class city that will be a model of sustainability and equity. Go to bobhasegawa.com for more information, to endorse the campaign and sign up to volunteer.

I ask for your vote, and to join me in making Seattle a truly progressive, world-class city.

Endorsed by the Bernie Sanders organization Our Revolution Ballard, Labor Unions, Democratic Legislative Districts, and many more.

Education:

Master Public Administration, UW Evans School; BA, Antioch University Seattle, Organizational and Social Change; AA, Shoreline, Labor Studies