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Northshore Fire District officials thank voters for approving benefit charge in April election

Sunday, June 16, 2013


Officials of the Northshore Fire Protection District have issued thanks to District voters for their overwhelming approval of the benefit-charge renewal on the April 23 special-election ballot.

Final results certified in mid-May showed that the measure got approval on more than 88 percent of ballots cast by voters in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and nearby unincorporated areas of the District.  


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2013 Candidates for office

Monday, May 27, 2013

These candidates have filed for offices that will be on local ballots this year.

Since all local offices in King County are non-partisan, only offices with three or more candidates appear on the August primary ballot. The top two vote getters in the primary advance to the November general election.

Offices that will appear on the primary ballot are King County executive; Metropolitan King County Council member, District 1; Seattle Port Commission, position 3: and Ronald Wastewater Commission, positions 2 and 4.

Positions with only one or two candidates appear only on the November ballot.

2013 Official Candidate Filing

King County Executive
  • Alan E. Lobdell
  • Goodspaceguy
  • Everett A. Stewart
  • Dow Constantine

King County Sheriff
  • John Urquhart

Metropolitan King County Council District 1
(Short and full term)
  • John Fray
  • Naomi Wilson
  • Rod Dembowski

Court of Appeals, Division No, 1, District No. 1
Judge Position No. 3 (unexpired 2-year term)
  • James R. Verellen

King Superior Court
Judge Position No. 20 (unexpired 3-year term)
  • Susan H. Amini

Port of Seattle

Commissioner, Position No. 1
  • Pete Lewis
  • John Creighton

Commissioner, Position 2 (unexpired 2-year term)
  • Courtney Gregoire
  • John Naubert

Commissioner, Position No. 3 (short and full term)
  • Andrew Pilloud
  • Michael Wolfe
  • Stephanie Bowman

Commissioner, Position No. 4
  • Richard Pope
  • Tom Albro

City of Lake Forest Park

Council Position No. 1
  • Jason Colberg
  • Hilda Thompson

Council Position No. 3
  • John Wright

Council Position No. 5
  • Edgar Escandar
  • Mark Phillips

Council Position No. 7
  • Alan Kiest
  • John Resha

City of Shoreline

Council Position No. 1
  • Keith McGlashan

Council Position No. 3
  • Will Hall

Council Position No. 5
  • Shari Winstead

Council Position No. 7
  • Christopher Roberts
  • Michael Javorsky

Shoreline School District No. 412

Director District No. 2
  • Debi Ehrlichman

Director District No. 3
  • David Wilson

Shoreline Fire Department

Commissioner Position No. 2
  • Kimberly Fischer

Commissioner Position No. 5 (Short and full term)
  • Ken Callahan

Northshore Fire Protection District 16

Commissioner Position No. 2
  • Bob Jordan
  • Carolyn Armanini

Commissioner Position No. 4
  • Pat McSweeney
  • Kae Peterson

Lake Forest Park Water District
Commissioner Position No. 2 (Short and full term)
  • Eli Zehner

Shoreline Water District

Commissioner Position No. 2
  • Larry Schoonmaker

Ronald Wastewater District

Commissioner Position No. 2
  • Ginny Scantlebury
  • Arthur Wadekamper
  • Gretchen Atkinson

Commissioner Position No. 4 (Short and full term)
  • Richard Matthews
  • Craig Degginger
  • George R. Webster


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Northshore Fire benefit charge passing overwhelmingly

Wednesday, April 24, 2013


The Northshore Fire District measure on Tuesday’s ballot was passing overwhelmingly in returns posted Tuesday night.

Voters in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and the rest of the District were giving the six-year continuation of a benefit charge an 88 percent “yes” vote, well ahead of the required 60 percent. 

More results from the election will come Wednesday afternoon. 

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New voters can register Monday for Northshore election

Saturday, April 13, 2013

New voters in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and the rest of the Northshore Fire District can register to vote in the April 23 special election through Monday, April 15.

Only voters not currently registered to vote in Washington state can register within 28 days of the election, and they must register in person at either the King County elections office in Renton or the elections annex at the County Administration Building in downtown Seattle. The elections office in Renton is open from 8:30am to 4:30pm. 

The elections annex in Seattle is open from 8:30am to 1pm and 2 to 4:30pm. Information is available by calling 206-296-VOTE (296-8683) or 1-800-325-6165, or by checking the County elections voter registration website 

The deadline for currently registered Washington voters to file a change of address or for anyone to register by mail or on line was March 25.

Currently registered voters who have moved within the Fire District have had ballots mailed to their old addresses. Voters registered outside the District will not get ballots.

County elections officials mailed ballots to registered voters in the District April 3. Voters who didn’t get ballots should call the elections office.

Voters who register in person can have a ballot mailed to them or vote on the spot if they wait long enough for information to be verified against the statewide database.

The only item on the April ballot is a six-year continuation of the District’s benefit charge.

Ballots must be returned by mail with a postmark on or before April 23, or left at a 24-hour drop box by 8pm Election Day. Ballot drop boxes are located at the Lake Forest Park City Hall, the County Administration Building in Seattle, the County elections office in Renton or the Tahoma School District office in Maple Valley.


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Northshore Fire special election April 23

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Voters in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and the rest of the Northshore Fire District (King County Fire Protection District 16) have their ballots for the April 23 special election.

The only item on the ballot is a six-year continuation of a benefit charge.

Voters Guide
King County Fire Protection District No. 16
Ballot Title
Proposition No. 1
Benefit Charge Continuation
Shall King County Fire Protection District No. 16 be authorized to continue voter-authorized benefit charges each year for six years, not to exceed an amount equal to sixty percent of its operating budget, and be prohibited from imposing an additional property tax under RCW 52.16.160?
Yes __
No __

The complete text of this measure is available at the Elections Office or online.

Explanatory statement
The Northshore Fire Department (King County Fire Protection District 16) is responsible for providing fire protection and emergency medical services in your community. For the last twenty-four years the Fire Department has funded these services primarily through a combination of property taxes and voter approved benefit charges.

Benefit charges are based on risk factors and the cost of providing fire protection services, unlike property taxes that relate to the value of property. Under state law, voters must approve the use of benefit charges every 6 years and the Elected Board of Commissioners is required to hold a public hearing each year to review and establish the amount of the benefit charge. Once established the aggregate amount of the charge is pro-rated to individual properties based on risk factors and collected by the county assessor, together with real estate taxes. The amount of any benefit charge imposed on any given property cannot exceed the measurable benefits of the services afforded to the property by the Fire Department and are subject to appeal.

Under state law, fire districts which collect benefit charges authorized under Chapter 52.18 RCW have reduced taxing authority. Benefit charges can constitute no more than 60 percent of a district’s annual operating budget and the maximum property tax rate is reduced from $1.50 to $1.00 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

If approved, Proposition 1 would continue the current funding method of providing emergency medical and fire protection services for 6 more years.

For additional questions regarding this measure contact:
Jim Torpin - Fire Chief, 425-354-1776

Statement in favor

Citizens of the Northshore Fire District have wholeheartedly supported the work of our fire department, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians. We have one of the finest departments in the Northwest. Its professional team of well-trained staff has proven itself repeatedly in the performance of its duties. For over two decades our citizens have voted to fund a benefit charge to support the department’s operating budget.

The combined assessment from property tax and the benefit charge for fire protection would continue to average approximately $1.50 per thousand. This is not a new tax, but it must be approved by voters every six years, and it is time to renew that commitment once again. By supporting this renewal, the taxation level for the fire district remains constant and provides a vital and reliable source of revenue for planning, equipment maintenance and replacement, and property protection. This is a crucial investment in our community, one which we will be glad we made in case our own family needs emergency assistance, or we face a natural disaster or public safety crisis. Join us in continuing the commitment to maintaining our excellent fire department.
Please vote to approve this measure.

Statement submitted by: Marella Alejandrino, Kent Sturgis, and Jack Rogers • 206-367-7153

Statement in opposition
No statement submitted.

Statements in favor of and in opposition to a ballot measure are submitted by committees appointed by the jurisdiction. No persons came forward to serve on the committee and to write a statement in opposition. If you would like to be involved with a committee in the future please contact the jurisdiction.

See previous article on obtaining and submitting ballots.


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Ballots out for Northshore Fire election

Sunday, April 7, 2013

The drop box is located
outside of City Hall
Voters in Lake Forest Park and the rest of the Northshore Fire District have started getting ballots for the April 23 special election.

The only item on the ballot is a six-year continuation of a fire benefit charge.

Ballot drop boxes at the Lake Forest Park City Hall, the King County administration building in Seattle and the Tahoma School District office in Maple Valley will be open April 15-23. A drop box at the King County elections office in Renton already is open.

Voters must leave their ballots at a 24-hour drop box by 8pm election day or mail them with a postmark on or before April 23.

Any registered King County voter can cast a ballot in person by using the accessible voting unit at the County elections office in Renton, open Mondays through Fridays, April 3-22, from 8:30am to 4:30pm, and election day, Tuesday, April 23, from 8:30am to 8pm.

New Washington voters can register to vote through April 15, but they must register at the County elections office in Renton. The deadline for previously registered Washington voters to change their voting addresses or for anyone to register on line or by mail was March 25.


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Election Watch: More than half of expected ballots returned before Election Day

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

By Evan Smith

More than half of the expected final number of ballots had arrived at the King County elections office before Election Day.

Elections officials had expected a countywide voter turnout of 52 percent (53 percent in Seattle, 51 percent in the rest of the County), but almost 27 percent of ballots had already arrived at the County elections office Monday night.

Shoreline and Lake Forest Park voters were voting at a slightly higher rate than the rest of the County.

The ballot-return rate was 27.13 percent in the Shoreline School District, compared to the countywide average of 26.81 percent. The return rate was 28.70 percent in Lake Forest Park and 28.70 percent in the City of Shoreline. The return rate for the Northshore Fire District, which includes Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and nearby unincorporated areas, was 27.70 percent.

The return rate was lower in South Snohomish County, where 23.70 percent of ballots in Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway and the rest of the Edmonds School District had been returned by late Monday night.

The secretary of state’s office had expected a statewide turnout of 47 percent.


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Would you like to know what's on your ballot?

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Updated 9/10/2011 11:45pm


By Diane Hettrick

Several times in the past, I walked into my voting place, looked at the ballot, and was shocked to find a race I wasn't expecting on my ballot.

I learned to read the sample ballot on the wall before signing in and looked at all the fine print in the voter's guide, but it was still difficult to figure out which races were going to be on my ballot.

City Council, school board, and county council races usually get a lot of publicity. Even water commissioner and fire commissioner candidates have been known to wave signs on corners.

But Port Commissioners? Judicial candidates for the various levels of courts? Democracy is not for the faint of heart.

King County Records and Elections has made it easy. If you go to this page, you can enter your name and birthdate in the Voter Guide section in the right column and it will generate a list of everything that will be on your ballot.

I just ran mine and I see that we will all have four county races this time:
  • Assessor - where Lloyd Hara is running unopposed
  • Director of Elections - incumbent Sherrill Huff and challenger Mark Greene
  • Port of Seattle Commissioner Position No. 2 - incumbent Gael Tarleton, and Richard Pope, who runs for something in every election
  • Port of Seattle Commissioner Position No. 5 - Bill Bryant and Dean Willard

The rest of the ballot depends on where you live.

City is the next category. Shoreline has three contested city council races. Lake Forest Park has a mayor's race and three city council races, all contested.

Judicial - we all have the uncontested position with incumbent Michael Spearman which was already in the primary. (see previous article)

School Board - Shoreline and LFP will vote on three school board races. These positions are different from all the others because school board members aka "District Directors" have to live in their district. However, we vote on all the positions.

District races include fire, water, and wastewater races. 
  • Shoreline is, I believe, wholly within the Shoreline Fire District. 
  • Lake Forest Park is in the Northshore Fire District which includes Kenmore. 
  • Shoreline has two water companies
    • east Shoreline is in Shoreline Water
    • west Shoreline is in Seattle Water 
  • Lake Forest Park has four water districts
    • Shoreline Water
    • LFP Water
    • Northshore Utility
    • Seattle Water 
  • Shoreline is in the Ronald Wastewater District
    • The Highlands has its own sewer district
  • LFP has two:
    • LFP Sewer System
    • Northshore Utility District
Although, it is apparently not a perfect system, as the King County Prop 1 Veterans and Human Services Levy that was approved in the primary still shows on my ballot.


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Adman, Ellis officially head for November ballot as Northshore Fire District primary votes go final

Saturday, September 3, 2011

By Evan Smith

Northshore Fire District challenger Eric Adman finished the final certified vote primary count with 55.32 percent of the vote to 34.12 percent for incumbent Commissioner Don Ellis as the two now officially head for the Nov. 8 general-election ballot.

To close the gap, Ellis will have to pick up most of the thousands of Northshore voters who didn’t participate in the primary. Two years ago, 56.24 percent of voters participated, compared to 33.41 percent in this year’s primary.

The primary results became final Wednesday when the King County canvassing board met. The County canvassing board consists of the County elections manager, the chairman of the County Council and the County prosecuting attorney,

The Northshore Fire District, also known as Fire District 16, includes Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and nearby unincorporated areas.

The District had a primary-election voter turnout of 30.90 percent, compared to the King County average of 30.83 percent.


1,403 of the votes cast did not make a selection in this race.

KING COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 16
Final Certified Primary vote count

Commissioner Position No. 1


Ballots Cast/Registered Voters: *7793/2332533.41%

Commissioner Position No. 1


Stan Isenhath
631
9.81%


Don Ellis
2194
34.12%


Eric Adman
3557
55.32%


Write-in
48
0.75%


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LFP has highest voter turnout in King County – nearly 42%

Saturday, August 27, 2011

By Evan Smith

Lake Forest Park continues to have the highest primary election voter turnout in King County.

The LFP ballot-return rate reached 41.81 percent this week – far ahead of the countywide return rate of 30.69 percent.

Those rates are unlikely to change much between now and the end of ballot counting Wednesday. Only nine ballots arrived from around the County Friday, none from Lake Forest Park.

Ballots arriving at this time are either late ballots from overseas voters or ballots that arrived on time but were returned for signature verification.

LFP voters were choosing candidates in primaries for mayor and for a position on the Northshore Fire District Board in addition to voting on the Countywide veterans and human services levy and on the single-candidate primary for a position on the court of appeals.


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LFP continues to have highest ballot return rate in King County – now more than 20 percent

Sunday, August 14, 2011

By Evan Smith

Lake Forest Park continued to have the highest ballot return rate in King County in figures released late Friday, with the return rate passing 20 percent of ballots from voters in LFP.

Elections officials expected that about half the final number of ballots would be returned by Friday.

The 20.5 percent return in LFP through late Friday was well ahead of the countywide rate of 17 percent.

LFP voters face primaries for mayor and for a position on the Northshore Fire District Board in addition to voting on the Countywide veterans and human services levy.

Lake Forest Park had the highest turnout of any jurisdiction in King County in last year’s primary, when voters rejected a levy-lid-lift proposal by a 78 percent to 22 percent margin.



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LFP has highest ballot return in King County - more than 18 percent by Friday afternoon

Saturday, August 13, 2011

By Evan Smith

Lake Forest Park has the highest early ballot return in King County with more than 18 percent of ballots from voters in LFP returned by Friday afternoon.

Elections officials expected that about half the final number of ballots would be returned by Friday.

The 18.4 percent return in LFP through Friday was well ahead of the countywide rate of 15.8 percent.

LFP voters face primaries for mayor and for a position on the Northshore Fire District Board in addition to voting on the Countywide veterans and human services levy.

Lake Forest Park had the highest turnout of any jurisdiction in King County in last year’s primary, when voters rejected a levy-lid-lift proposal by a 78 percent to 22 percent margin.



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Evan Smith; Primary ballot includes Northshore Fire Position

Sunday, July 24, 2011

By Evan Smith
ShorelineAreaNews Politics Writer

Voters in Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and nearby unincorporated areas face a primary contest for a Northshore Fire District Board position.

Incumbent Commissioner Don Ellis, a Kenmore resident, faces two challengers in the August 16 primary, with the top two vote getters advancing to the November 8 general election.

One challenger is Eric Adman, a Shoreline Fire Department paramedic who lives in Kenmore. The other is Stan Isenhath, an associate broker with Windermere Real Estate, who also lives in Kenmore. 



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This Week/End October 9 and then some

Sunday, July 10, 2011

What's going on?  Well, here's the list.  


Candidate forums

OCT
Oct 10   Post offices closed for Columbus Day
Oct 11   LFP Garden Club
Oct 11   SCC shows documentary film Food, Inc.
Oct 11   Disaster Preparedness for families
Oct 11   Local libraries closed for morning staff meeting
Oct 11   Public comment on state political redistricting, Olympia
Oct 11   Sound Transit public meeting on North Corridor
Oct 11   Flu clinic at Bartell Pharmacy
Oct 12   Coming Home - understanding military culture
Oct 12   Poetry Night at SCC as part of ArtCrush
Oct 12   Healing Hands for Arthritis at Massage Envy - register now
Oct 13   Shoreline Candidates Forum sponsored by 4 neighborhood associations
Oct 14-15  Haunted Trails
Oct 14-16  Kruckeberg fall tree and shrub sale
Oct 15   Building Hope dessert fundraiser for Jacob's Well
Oct 15   Open House at Northshore Fire Station
Oct 18  Flu clinic at Bartell Pharmacy
Oct 18   Northshore Fire public meeting
Oct 20-21  Haunted Trails
Oct 21-22  Physical Poetry Dance Performances
Oct 22   Halloween Carnival for young children
Oct 22    Boeing Creek open space work party
Oct 23  Weeding on the Interurban Trail
Oct 23  Piano concert at SCC
Oct 27  NUHSA Annual Meeting and Human Services Awards
Oct 29  Blackberry removal at Darnall Park
Oct 30  Steps Against Domestic Violence walk at Green Lake
Nov 5-6  40% off used books at Third Place Books
Nov 11  Shoreline Veteran's Day event
Nov 12  Revegetation party at Hamlin Park with EarthCorps
Nov 13  Weeding on the Interurban Trail
Nov 19  Shoreline Schools honor choir at Benaroya Hall

2012
Jan 21   Jazz It Up! with Gary Smulyan
Mar 16-18  Pacific Rim Gymnastics competition
June 15   Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park tour

Meet the candidates
Aug 25  Briarcrest candidate forum, Shoreline City Council, school board
Sep 20  Candidate Social at Richmond Highlands
Sep 22  Snohomish County Executive candidates
Oct   4    Shorewood High school, school board
Oct   6   Snohomish County Council Position 3
Oct 11  7pm Richmond Beach candidate forum, Shoreline City Council
Oct 12  11:45am Shoreline Chamber of Commerce forum for SL City Council
Oct 12  6:45pm Shorecrest PTSA candidate forum, school library, School Board
Oct 13  6:30pm Four Shoreline Neighborhoods sponsor candidate forum at Meridian Park school
Oct 18  7pm Richmond Beach candidate forum, school board, County positions, ballot measures
Oct 18  7pm League of Women Voters forum for LFP Mayor and City Council positions
Oct 20  6:30pm Shoreline Caucus forum for Shoreline City Council

Other election information
Statewide ballot measures


Sports
High School Football fall schedule
High School Volleyball fall schedule
High School Girls' Soccer fall schedule
High School Boys' Tennis schedule
SCC Volleyball Clinics
SW Feeder schools girls' basketball

North City Bistro 206-365-4447


If you have corrections, additions, or if you go to an event and want to tell us about it, send your comments to Editor@ShorelineAreaNews.com. This article will be edited throughout the week to keep it current and can be found under the Events tab.  

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Op-Ed: The Ballot Initiatives – From a Human Services Perspective

Sunday, October 17, 2010


Beratta Gomillion is the Executive Director of the Center for Human Services, a community-based, not-for-profit youth and family services agency since 1970, located at 17018 15th NE in Shoreline's North City neighborhood, serving Shoreline and Northshore families.

Op-Ed by Beratta Gomillion
As Executive Director of the Center for Human Services I have analyzed the upcoming ballot’s state and county initiatives with the eyes of how they will impact non-profit human services. The following synopsis contains my personal opinions as a private citizen.

Initiatives 1100 and 1105

These two initiatives were written by large corporations who want to sell liquor. We should be concerned about how these initiatives, if passed, will increase the number of outlets selling hard liquor from the current 315 to at least 3,350 (according to the sate auditor’s report) and how these establishments (gas stations, mini-marts, convenience stores, etc.) are much more apt to sell to minors. But, in addition, you should know that the current system (state-run liquor stores) are not only closely regulated but also brings in about $350 million to state and local governments for core services like education, health care, human services, police and fire fighters. The Office of Finance Management says the I-1100 would cost the state and local governments $275 million over 5 years and I-1105 would reduce revenue by more than $750 million. The Center for Human Services would lose approximately $26,000 from the City of Shoreline alone that goes toward providing substance abuse treatment to youth and adults. I urge a “NO” vote on these.

Initiative 1107

This initiative would repeal the small, mostly temporary tax on non-essential items like candy, soda, bottled water and gum. I admit that there are some issues about this existing tax around what is taxed and what is exempted from being taxed, but human services cannot afford for this tax to be repealed. The money that is raised by the tax goes to fund schools, health care, and human services. This initiative is almost entirely sponsored by the American Beverage Association (the national lobbying arm of the big soda companies). A “no” vote is a vote for your community.

Initiative 1053

This initiative established a “two thirds” rule on any revenue-raising bills. In other words, it gives a small minority (17 legislators) the ability to prevent the majority from taking action on a responsible, balanced approach to the budget. If I-1053 had been in place this year, more families would have been cut from the Basic Health Plan and lost health care coverage for their children. Please vote “no”.

My hope is that everyone will read the “for” and “against” statements in the voters guide very carefully to understand the real impacts of voting for them. 


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