From: Maralyn Chase
[maralyn_chase@msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:22 PM
To: cec@munileague.org
Subject: 2006 Candidate Questionnaire.doc
1. Name as it will appear on the ballot
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First Name |
Middle Initial or Nick Name |
Last Name |
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Maralyn |
Chase |
2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
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State Representative, 32nd Legislative District, Position 1 |
3. Are you the incumbent? xx Yes No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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16 years |
5. How long have you resided in King County?
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46 |
6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? x Partisan Nonpartisan
7. If partisan, please indicate party: Democrat
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Campaign Name: |
Citizens for Maralyn Chase |
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Address: |
PO Box 77267 |
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City/State/Zip: |
Shoreline, WA 98177 |
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Campaign Phone: |
425-775-0600 |
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Campaign Fax: |
425-775-0600 |
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Campaign E-mail: |
maralyn_chase@msn.com |
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Campaign Website: |
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1. Beginning with the most recent position, please list public offices which you have held. Include positions on appointive Boards or Commissions.
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Dates Held |
Leadership Role (if any) |
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State Representative
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Elected
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2002- to present
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Chair, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Trade Policy
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Precinct Committee Officer
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Elected
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Periodically from 1968 to 2001
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Chair of most committees in several districts
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2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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In this section, we are seeking responses that reflect the four ratings criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character, and knowledge. These are defined as follows:
1. In a page or less, why are you running for this office? (Note: the interview committee will be given a copy of this statement before your interview; at the beginning of your interview you will have the opportunity to expand on this statement in any way you wish.)
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Like most Americans, I care deeply about the values we share and standards we expect our government to uphold: equality of opportunity; security for our country and our citizens, especially the vulnerable among us; work for those who can work; the ending of special privileges for the few; preservation of our civil rights and liberties; a clean, sustainable environment; and the ability of everyone to share in the wondrous advances in our creative, innovative economy.
These are the standards by which I judge public policy. Having spent my entire adult life studying public policy, I believe elective office is the most effective way to influence that policy.
My ongoing commitment to the voters of my district is to keep public resources in the public hands, particularly Fircrest and St Edward Park, to continue my work and legislation in addressing solutions to global warming, and to continue my legislation to empower small businesses. I am committed to challenge health insurance companies to give back the excess surplus they have accumulated from ever increasing health insurance premiums and to establish triple B & O taxes on interest income received from any interest rate over 12%.
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When first announced my intention to run for the State Legislature to my local 32nd LD organization I made it clear that the primary motive for my doing so was to defend our democracy and human rights. I told them I believe in the right of participation in all decisions that effect one's life, I believe in inclusion and I believe in empowerment. In addition, that means citizens have a responsibility to debate and discuss the public policy issues we deliberate in Olympia.
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My open door policy is fundamentally rooted in my belief in democracy and PIE (Participation, inclusion and empowerment).
I am proud to say that I have made my office accessible to all the people in my district, from small to large businesses, to the parents of school children and their teachers, to the families of residents of Fircrest, to the neighbors trying to prevent a brew-pub from being established in St. Edward Park, to the citizens establishing a performing arts center in Edmonds, to the community college and to our district's small cities and the exciting movement to combat global warming. We have a noisy, thriving, and democratic district from Snohomish County to Kirkland. I was very proud to be introduced at a community meeting recently as "Our Voice from the District in Olympia, not the voice from Olympia to our district."
I bring to the office a deep and abiding interest in sustainable development and a responsibility to future generations to make sure that the decisions we make today do not impede their ability to meet their own needs. I am pleased that my service on the Hood Canal Committee brought about the funding for the science to determine exactly what is causing the decreased oxygen. We have made assumptions that failing septic tanks are the problem, but this was based upon a survey of the literature, not hard science. We funded the science project in the last session. Our unfinished business is huge: we have spent two years becoming informed about the canal but we have not yet determined the solution. The people working on Hood Canal have a deep respect for each other and the contributions everyone is making to solve the problems. It is satisfying to be a part of this and to be trusted by the hundreds of scientists working to solve the problem. They bring us their findings, their recommendations, and their judgements. Our job is to make the decisions that everyone can accept. This is good process for public policy.
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Since early sixties I have worked on civil rights issues in our area, especially helping the Human Rights Councils throughout the county break the back of the restrictive covenants preventing people of color from living where ever they wanted to now, I have spent a great deal of time working for peace and human rights. In those days, it was legal to refuse to even rent an apartment to people of color. We stopped that. I then went on to work for the Seattle Urban League in providing housing for first time homeowners. My work with the peace movement also dates from that time. I am proud to say, the values that impelled me to work on those issues are the same values I bring to Olympia.
When I began my human rights work, women could not apply for jobs that were deemed "Men's work", and were relegated to second class citizenship. This is perhaps the most fundamental change of the last century, crossing all class, racial and gender lines. We are now faced with terrible divisions of income and wealth in our society, a problem that knows no gender or race.
Using a human rights standard to evaluate public policy means that we recognize that our society has developed roles to how different citizens are perceived and expected to think and act in a particular socio-economic political and cultural context. These roles shape our access to rights, resources and opportunities in our cultures and at different stages of our lives. Identifying the obstacles each citizen experiences in comparison to the other gives us benchmarks for helping all in achieving the full realization of their rights.
I am equally proud to be a member of a four-generation family that participates in our community and with each other's activities. |
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On my wall I have the oath of office in which I swore to uphold the Constitution of the State of Washington and the United States of America. I believe the Priorities of Government are laid out in the Constitution and the paramount duty of the legislature is to provide for the education of the children. It is hard to keep this before the Legislature when there are conflicting claims.
I think it is important to keep the Constitutional priorities in mind in all the legislative committees. This is, in my opinion, more important than the newly established Priorities of Government in which none of the legislators have participated in establishing but do seem to drive legislation. Given the pace of the legislative work it is almost impossible to read all the legislation, but I think it is important to try, particularly with legislative issues where there is disagreement.
I think it is important to bring the voices of the citizens to the legislative debates so that the citizens know they have been heard. Legislation is not just for special interests, it is for all the citizens of our state and it should strive to be fair. |
EDUCATION BACKGROUND SUMMARY
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report is distributed to voters in print and/or on our website. It includes a summary of the candidate’s education. Please summarize your education in 120 characters (letters, punctuation, and space all combined). The League will delete material that exceeds the space limit by beginning with the last entry. Suggested order is (degree) (subject) (school) (year, if desired).
Note: If this question is left blank the League will not include education information in your candidate profile.
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I have a BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Washington. |
FOR PUBLICATION IN CANDIDATE EVALUATION REPORT
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report also includes a summary of each candidate’s civic involvement. Please summarize your civic involvement in the space below. We will make every attempt to include the information in the Candidate Evaluation Report as submitted. Due to space restrictions in the Report, your response is limited to 500 characters (letters, punctuation, and spaces all combined). It is important that you list your involvement beginning with the most important and ending with the least important. If you exceed the length of response permitted, or if the League should find it necessary to shorten responses for publication purposes, deletions will be made beginning with the last item listed.
Note: This information will appear verbatim on the League’s Candidate Evaluation Report. If this question is left blank, the Municipal League will not include information on your civic involvement in the Report.
x Check here if you would like the Municipal League to copy the first 500 characters from Question 4 to paste into this section.
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Finished!
If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (cec@munileague.org). Mail and fax numbers are listed below. If the League has not contacted you to schedule an interview, please call the League office at your earliest convenience.
Don’t forget to send the following to the Municipal League: a resume, a photo, campaign literature, and, if you are an incumbent, constituent newsletter and other materials. Please use the check-off list on the cover sheet of this packet to indicate which items you have sent.
Candidate Evaluation Coordinator: Jennifer DiGiacomo
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: 425-671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org