Conversation
How candidates got here?
Williams- Bus
Burrus- Walk
Lispcomb-Eng- Uber
George- Walk
Kerner- Drove
Pugel- #2 bus
Lewis- Walk
Donaldson- Drove
Harper- #2 bus
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Q1: How can we make our streets (sidewalks/intersections) safer for everyone?
Burrus: Better traffic lights (Leading pedestrian intervals and separated phases)
Lipscomb-Eng: Curb ramps for all sidewalks
George: Adequate vision zero funding, expand home zones, block the box law
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Kerner: bad bike share parking (did you notice the question was about SAFETY?), adaptive signal expansion.
Pugel: education, reaching out to elderly and immigrant community (to apparently ask them not to get hit by trains) and bike share parking
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Lewis: curb ramps, concurrent improvements with developments, and another vote for bike share parking improvements
Donaldson: Block the box, making sure traffic flows good
Harper: Some sort of sudden realization of common cause among street users.
Williams: BtB, vision zero $
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Q2: How do we ensure everyone has access to affordable housing for those who can't access it?
Lipscomb-Eng: Rapid rehousing program expansion
George: Landlord liaison program to mitigate risk from problem tenants
Kerner: No new buildings needed because plenty are empty
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Pugel: Cites buildings like 1811 Eastlake, LEAD case managers
Lewis: Permanent supportive housing using public $
Donaldson: Case workers to help individual people find housing
Harper: Prioritize housing in city budget (says waterfront park shows we are not), rental vouchers
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Williams: discrimination needs to be addressed. Housing is a basic need. Improve financial resiliency.
Burrus: Law enforcement
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Q3: What's the vision to get people to the new arena?
George: Monorail, ped access from uptown, bus lanes, capacity issues
Kerner: 99 tunnel, monorail, public transit should be fun
Pugel: Increased capacity, employer coordination (stay off roads during peak hours)
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My tweets got eaten for some of the follow ups here, but Don Harper said he has no earthly idea how to get people to the arena.
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Slower tweets now as it looks like Internet is down here. Next Q: Do we need new revenue?
Pugel: Olympia needs to work to fix the tax structure.
Lewis: Cites progressive REET as evidence we can fix our tax structure. Spending audits.
Donaldson: Close tax loopholes
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Harper: eliminate sales tax
Williams: city needs to regain trust, thinks we should issue library fines still
Burrus: Complete audit, hates LIDs
Lipscomb-Eng: More property taxes will come from upzones. (Not true)
George: Fund affordable housing.
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Q: How has racial equity impacted your views on land use and transportation?
Pugel: history of work with police department and cites fare enforcement
Lewis: cites work in the city attorney's office
Donaldson: cites discrimination ordinances in Magnolia & experience as a POC
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Don Harper: really bad answer
Williams: Placing discrimination at the center of policies.
Burrus: City shouldn't discriminate.
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Lipscomb-Eng: Highlights herself as a person of color, but says color shouldn't matter
George: Disadvantaged communities aren't at the table because they distrust the system. Use the ideas! Not check boxes.
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Last question from : what will you do to expand bike access, cite bike projects in D7
Lewis: Connect the missing segment of the Elliott Bay trail to Magnolia (this part as shown by map)
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Donaldson: expand bike access to communities of color
Harper: Cites Magnolia trail also, connection at Smith Cove
Burrus: Lives across from 2nd Ave, apparently views it as a failure
Lipscomb-Eng: Bikers should use bike lanes!
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George: Another person citing a segment of trail near Smith Cove. (They know the district includes downtown right?) Also bike/pedestrian conflicts need resolution
Kerner: People on bikes should pay fees for licenses.
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Pugel: Cites Move Seattle levy cuts, says bike cuts should not be disproportionate and cuts should be distributed among other programs.
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Everyone on stage supports the $400 million Magnolia bridge. Audience question is why do you support it?
Donaldson: It's needed, maybe it could be tolled
Harper: Campaigned against Move Seattle levy
Cites one hour commute times (check tomorrow on that one)
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Williams: The bridge is a symbol, fits among public transit options.
Burrus: City failed to act on this bridge, says to cancel the streetcar
Lipscomb-Eng: Buses serve the bridge, cancel the streetcar (some other Sound Transit spending cited)
George: Should have been saving $$$
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Kerner: says the estimate is wrong (report was done by a third party) also toll it
Pugel: Apparently we have to build it because we rebuilt bridges in Georgetown
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Lewis: Calls it an essential connection and the number of buses that use it. (How many do you think will use the bridge when there are 2 light rail stations on 15th?)
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Now a question about removing tents blocking sidewalks. Every candidate so far has been very hard line on removing people from sidewalks.
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The word "paddywagon" was just used by a candidate. Doesn't really matter which one.
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Q: Which committee would you chair?
Williams: Education
Burrus: Waterfront LID (?)
Lipscomb-Eng: Land use (omg ADUs & parking)
George: Land use
Kerner: Please never elect this person
Pugel: Transportation
Lewis: Housing, Arts
Donaldson: Land use
Harper: Utility, parks, land use
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Don Harper just used that question to state that Debra Juarez is using her committee to turn parks into housing. (I must have missed that meeting)
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Sorry I didn't have any GIFs this evening. I am not recording final statements because they are fairly terrible.
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