What’s on November ballots in Shoreline and LFP - reformatted

Several readers felt strongly that a comment was not enough to offset the wonky formatting in the previous article. So this article has been reformatted to avoid assumptions of endorsements. - Ed.

By Evan Smith

Local ballots for the Nov. 3 election include three city council positions each in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park; the mayor of Lake Forest Park; three positions on the Shoreline School District board; two places each on the Ronald Wastewater District board and the Northshore Fire District board; and one place each on the Shoreline Fire District board, the North City Water District board, the Lake Forest Park Water District board and the Northshore Utility District board.

Voters also will fill the offices of King County assessor and County elections director, a position on the court of appeals and two places on the Seattle Port Commission. They also will decide on a King County charter amendment on law enforcement oversight and a County property-tax levy for children, youth, families and communities, along with two statewide initiatives and four state advisory votes.

Ballot order for candidates in the general election follows either the order of finish in the Aug. 4 primary ballot or the order determined by the county’s lot draw.

King County elections officials will mail ballots to all registered voters by first-class Wednesday, Oct. 14, and send voters’ pamphlets to all residential addresses over the next few days. The secretary of state’s office will send state voters’ pamphlets to residential addresses Oct. 9-15. The local voters’ pamphlet will have information on all county, port-district, city, school-district, fire-district and special-purpose-district candidates and two ballot measures; the state voters’ pamphlet will have material on the two statewide initiatives and four state advisory votes.

Here are candidates and measures on the general-election ballot:

STATE BALLOT MEASURES

INITIATIVES TO THE PEOPLE

 

Initiative Measure No. 1366

Initiative Measure No. 1366 concerns state taxes and fees. This measure would decrease the sales tax rate unless the legislature refers to voters a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds legislative approval or voter approval to raise taxes, and legislative approval for fee increases.

Should this measure be enacted into law?

Yes __

No ___

Initiative Measure No. 1401

Initiative Measure No. 1401 concerns trafficking of animal species threatened with extinction. This measure would make selling, purchasing, trading, or distributing certain animal species threatened with extinction, and products containing such species, a gross misdemeanor or class-C felony, with exemptions for certain types of transfers.

Should this measure be enacted into law?

Yes __

No ___

ADVISORY VOTES

Advisory Vote No. 10, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1449

The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, oil spill response and administration taxes to apply to crude oil or petroleum products transported by railroad, costing $17,000,000, for government spending.

This tax increase should be:

Repealed ___

Maintained __

Advisory Vote No. 11, Second Substitute Senate Bill 5052

The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, the marijuana excise tax on medical marijuana sales, costing an amount that cannot currently be estimated, for government spending.

This tax increase should be:

Repealed ___

Maintained __

Advisory Vote No. 12, Second Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5987

The legislature imposed, without a vote of the people, additional taxes on motor vehicle and special fuels costing an estimated $3,707,000,000 in the first ten years, for government spending.

This tax increase should be:

Repealed __

Maintained __

Advisory Vote No. 13, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6138

The legislature increased business and occupation tax revenues and excluded certain software manufacturers from a retail sales tax exemption, without a vote of the people, costing $1,449,000,000 for government spending.

This tax increase should be:

Repealed ____

Maintained __

COUNTY

MEASURES

King County Charter Amendment No. 1 -- Law Enforcement Oversight

Shall the King County Charter be amended to establish a charter-based civilian office of law enforcement oversight, to provide the office with appropriate authority to carry out its duties, to establish a charter-based citizen advisory committee on law enforcement oversight and to make the county executive, in consultation with the county sheriff, the county’s bargaining agent concerning oversight of law enforcement, all as provided in Ordinance 18087?

Yes __

No ___

King County Proposition No. 1 -- Regular Property Tax Levy for Children, Youth, Families and Communities

The King County Council passed Ordinance No. 18088 concerning funding to improve well-being of children, youth, families and communities. If approved, this proposition would provide funding for prevention and early intervention to achieve positive outcomes related to: healthy pregnancy; parental and newborn support; healthy child and youth development; the health and well-being of communities; and crisis prevention and early intervention for children and youth, including for domestic violence and homelessness. The measure would authorize an additional regular property tax of $0.14 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for collection beginning in 2016 and authorize maximum annual increases of 3% in the succeeding 5 years. Should this proposition be:

Approved __

Rejected ___

OFFICES

Assessor

Lloyd Hara _____

John Wilson ____

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Director of Elections

Julie Wise _______

Zack Hudgins ____

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Court of Appeals, Division No. 1, District No. 1

Judge Position No. 3

James Verellen _____

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Port of Seattle

Commissioner Position No. 2

Courtney Gregoire ____

Goodspaceguy _______

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Commissioner Position No. 5

Fred Felleman ____

Marion Yoshino ___

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CITIES

City Of Lake Forest Park

Mayor

Jeff Johnson ___

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Council Position No. 2

Catherine Stanford __

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Council Position No. 4

David A. Hammond ___

Phillippa Kassover ____

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Council Position No. 6

Tom French _____

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City Of Shoreline

Council Position No. 2

Jessica Cafferty ____

Keith Scully _______

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Council Position No. 4

Doris McConnell ____

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Council Position No. 6

Jesse Salomon __

Lorn Richey _____

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SCHOOLS

Shoreline School District No. 412

Director District No. 1

Michael Jacobs ______

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Director District No. 4

Richard Nicholson ___

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Director District No. 5

Richard Potter ______

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FIRE DISTRICTS

Shoreline Fire Department

Commissioner Position No. 3

Dan Setterberg ____

Rod Heivilin ______

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King County Fire Protection District No. 16 (Northshore Fire District)

Commissioner Position No. 3

Mathew Martin ____

Don Ellis _________

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Commissioner Position No. 5

David Maehren ____

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SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS

Lake Forest Park Water District

Commissioner Position No. 3

Bill Donahue _____

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North City (Shoreline) Water District

Commissioner Position No. 3

Charlotte Haines ___

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Ronald Wastewater District

Commissioner Position No. 3

Chris Eggen ___

Tim Tipton ____

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Commissioner Position No. 5

Arnold (Arne) Lind ___

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Northshore Utility District

Commissioner Position No. 3

Matt Breysse _______

Margaret Wiggins ___

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