Seattle City Council Member Nick Licata followed Steinbrueck’s example, making his list of Postion #9 contenders public here on the Slog.

Stranger friends: picking up on Peter Steinbrueck’s good idea of sharing his list with the public, I’m providing my total 18 names below. Each Council Member will submit a list of 18 names on Tuesday morning.

There are still worthy and capable candidates that are not in my list, so the choices were difficult to make. I took into consideration their resume, their 3 minute presentation, the support they received, any personal contact that I have had with them, and finally I just took into account my impression of how they could contribute to the overall welfare of the city.

I believe that the City would best be served by someone who could concentrate during this year on the work of the Council and not on campaigning for this coming fall. Also, I believe it is more democratic to have the citizens of Seattle choose the future Council Member rather than just the 8 sitting Council Members.

Consequently I will be leaning to those candidates in the second round who would consider being a caretaker for one year. They would of course be free to run in the following year when that same position most be voted on again.

#2 Juan Bocanegra
#3 Peter Holmes
#6 Dolores Sibonga
#16 Robert Zappone
#20 Gail Chiarello
#21 Harriet Walden
#27 Sally Clark
#28 Sharon Maeda
#34 Stella Chao
#38 Jack Whisner
#46 Bruce Bentley
#47 David Bloom
#49 Jan Brucker
#50 Thomas Whittemore
#55 Verlene Jones
#75 Bruce Herbert
#79 Ross Baker
#87 Alice Woldt

Posted by Nick Licata - January 15, 2006 09:09 AM