
Candidates
Candidates
2019 primary election
City of Seattle
Council District 1
I am a dedicated husband, father, and homeowner who has lived in Seattle for over ten years. I have been repeatedly disillusioned by the ineffectiveness of the Seattle City Council. It is one of partisan politics, inattentive to the people of Seattle. I am driven and qualified to change this.
As an actively involved community member, I have volunteered as a trustee of the Fulcrum Foundation, president of the Holy Rosary School Commission, and as a basketball coach at our local YMCA. For over a decade, I worked for the Seattle Police Department, spending nearly six years in the Policy Unit during the consent decree. I have also taught as an adjunct professor at Argosy University.
Homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness are city wide epidemics. I can bring intelligent discussion, common sense, and trust back to city council deliberations on these matters. I will lead the way in keeping our city affordable without further raising taxes, bringing accountability to the management of city resources.
The Seattle I am fighting for prioritizes dignified, safe living conditions. I am dedicated to maintaining unity between SPD and the community, improving transit, and removing double standards in our legal system. I want to make our police officers feel valued and empowered to do their job. I will address the SPD staffing shortage by creating a culture where officers want to work in Seattle.
My top priorities are homelessness, public safety, and restoring accountability in city spending. Solving homelessness requires space and services for all the unhoused. This means creating a regional network of immediately-available emergency housing with specialized social services, followed by enforcing the law when campers refuse to either accept services or move along; campers will not be allowed to live in illegal conditions. I will also push for treatment services, not injection sites.
I want intentional development practices, so that public infrastructure grows in accordance with population and schools can accommodate. MHA must be revisited so up-zoned areas necessarily include affordable housing for the city. Included in this growth must be adequate parking in each new development.
I feel driven to identify meaningful solutions to the epidemics in our city. It’s time for a new direction on the city council, one that puts the needs of residents first. I am committed to being responsible to residents and the leader our city needs to move forward.
Lisa Herbold demands accountability.
When City Hall wanted $1.4 million to bail out the bankrupt PRONTO bike-share company, Lisa said, “NO.” When powerful downtown business interests demanded a Center City Streetcar, already $143 million (100% in 4 years, before breaking ground) over budget, Lisa said “NO, let’s invest that money in real transportation projects.” Government will never have enough money for everything. We must pick the most important things and do them well.
Bold steps to address our housing and homelessness crisis.
Lisa led the Council to pass $29 million for affordable housing, which, if done through the end of our Housing Levy, will dramatically increase our housing stock. We’ve also changed the law to require developers to increase truly affordable housing by 6,000 units. She’s worked with the West Seattle Helpline to help families and seniors pay their utility bills, stay in their homes, and prevent homelessness before it starts.
Lisa works hard for District 1.
No issue is too big or small for Lisa. She’s secured funding for more hours for Colman Pool, to increase bus service to Alki, Admiral, and Highland Park, restore police Community Service Officers, add 112 new police positions, and keep open the Concord Elementary Learning Center. She’s worked with the Port to limit noise and fuel emissions, passed new laws so SPD can better enforce against vehicle exhaust noise at Alki, passed legislation to fix-up derelict buildings in Delridge and South Park, and required enhanced oversight on big construction projects. She’s working with Sound Transit so light rail doesn’t tear apart the West Seattle Junction.
Lisa believes we all must have an opportunity to succeed.
Lisa has increased opportunity in Seattle. From better tenant laws, to Secure Scheduling for workers at large retail and food service establishments, to green jobs and a career pathway to ensure everyone has a place to live and work. She’s gone to the mat for small businesses: in Luna Park and Fauntleroy to save parking, in the University District fighting business displacement, in the Central District to fund mitigation for businesses impacted by transportation projects.
Lisa’s the only candidate in the race endorsed by MLK Labor Council and KC Young Democrats, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, KC Councilmember Joe McDermott, State Senator Joe Nguyen, and Councilmember Lorena González.
She’s lived in District 1 for 19 years. Her daughter lives here; her grandchildren attend Sanislo Elementary and Chief Sealth High.
Phil Tavel
PO Box 20664
Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 949-8680
Seattle can do better! Four years ago we were talking about skyrocketing costs of living, a lack of affordable housing, more and more people living on our streets, traffic problems, and cost overruns in civic projects. I have seen no improvement in these and many other issues; while many have gotten worse. It’s time to make a change in our City’s leadership. Even four of the seven council members currently serving our city have decided to step down because even they can see the need for change.
Our City Council needs to listen to ALL of the people of our city, and not just a vocal minority. We need to know where our tax-payer money is going and what we are getting for the hard-earned money we are paying. We need to be working with the people and the businesses in our community and not against them
It’s time to end the divisive politics, restore common sense and moderation to our government and focus on effectively, efficiently and equitably delivering services to the people of our City.
I will implement a transitional program for those of our community caught in the criminal justice system’s revolving door of untreated mental health disorders, unaddressed substance abuse issues, a lack of permanent housing and recurring criminal behavior. We can’t continue to release people from jail back into homelessness and expect our City to become safer and cleaner for everybody. We must reform our criminal justice system, not dismantle it.
I’m proud to be supported by dozens of the small businesses that form the heart and soul of our community. They know that I will listen, that I am an everyday part of our community, and that I care deeply about making Seattle a better, safer and more productive city, for everyone.
I’ve been a business owner, a teacher, a pro tem Judge and I’ve been a public defender and trial lawyer for 15 years. I’m the Vice President of the Morgan Community Association and I’m on the Board of Allied Arts and the Seattle Green Spaces Coalition. I’ve raised money for the West Seattle Helpline, the YMCA and Westside Baby. I’m a renter, a father of a first grader at Arbor Heights Elementary and a youth coach at West Seattle Bowl. I will bring back moderation and common sense to our council. I ask you for your support and your vote.
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