2021 Policing and Public Safety Voter Guide

KENMORE

What’s On The Ballot

  • Kenmore City Council

    The City of Kenmore operates under a Council-Manager form of government. In this form, the elected seven-member City Council appoints a city manager to provide management direction of all city departments and activities in accordance with Council policies and direction. The City Council is responsible for establishing City policies; enacting and amending City laws; adopting the biennial budget and appointing citizen boards and commissions. City Councilmembers serve staggered four-year terms. All Councilmembers are “at-large” meaning that they serve the City as a whole as opposed to a specific district. The Council selects one of its members to serve as mayor and a second as deputy mayor for two-year terms.

    [Drawn from City of Kenmore: City Council and MSRC: Roles and Responsibilities of Local Government Leaders]

    Meet the Candidates

The Issues

  • Kenmore Budget & Public Safety Spending

    Kenmore’s budget is a reflection of its priorities and gives insight into how elected officials order the importance of different municipal services based on the amount of money allocated to each. By understanding where the Kenmore government spends the City’s money, residents can see whether their values are represented or not.

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  • Community Concerns with Current King County Sheriff

    Current King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht has shown a consistent lack of commitment to accountability and to fighting racism within her department, causing many community organizations and some members of the King County Council and other elected officials to publicly request that she either step down from office or retire.

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The Methodology

Candidate Questionnaire

A candidate questionnaire covering important local issues was sent out to all primary candidates in mid June. Based on the candidate answers to a series of Yes/No questions, a candidate comparison card for each race is generated.

In addition, we recommend voters also make use of the fully completed questionnaires made available for viewing as:

  • Candidate comparison cards may not adequately reflect nuances between candidate positions

  • Fully completed questionnaires include:

    • Additional comments by the candidate on Yes/No questions

    • Longer-form responses to open-ended questions related to policing and public safety

Candidate Ordering

GENERAL VOTER GUIDE:

  1. Candidates are listed in the order that they will appear on the ballot.

PRIMARY VOTER GUIDE:

  1. Candidates who returned a questionnaire are listed first and in the order that they will appear on the ballot.

  2. Candidates who did not return a questionnaire are listed next and in the order that they will appear on the ballot.