Lake Forest Park City Council Candidate Forum, Oct 1, 2013

The Seattle League of Women Voters is hosting a candidate forum for the City of Lake Forest Park City Council positions on Tuesday, October 1, at 7:00-9:00pm in the Third Place Commons, on the upper level of Town Center, where Bothell Way and Ballinger Way meet.

Each candidate will make an opening statement. After the opening statements there will be a half hour of questions and answers for each of the positions. The League of Women Voters will moderate the forum.

There are four council positions in this election. The open positions are number 1, 3, 5 and 7. Three incumbent Lake Forest Park councilmembers are retiring this year: Sandy Koppenol, Don Fiene and Robert Lee. John Wright, an incumbent, is running again, unopposed.

Candidates for the Lake Forest Park City Council positions are:

Position 1

Jason Colberg, www.colberg.com    

Hilda Thompson, www.hildathompson.com 

Position 3

John Wright, www.jwright4lfp.com

Position 5

Edgar Escandar, no website

Mark Phillips, www.mark4lfpcouncil.org

Position 7

Alan Kiest,  www.alankiest.com

John Resha, www.johnresha.com

The general election is on November 5; ballots will be mailed in the middle of October. The forum is one way to help voters become informed on the issues facing Lake Forest Park.