Elect Pam Fernald 2009

Are you concerned about the safety, health and vibrancy of the SeaTac community in which you make your home?

Yes     No

Do you believe that there should be equal enforcement of SeaTac laws and ordinances?

Yes      No

Do you believe that the City Council should dutifully work to serve the interests and needs of the citizens who live and pay taxes in the community it has been elected to represent?

Yes     No

Does it seem that your elected representatives are out of touch with what is important and of value to you?

Yes     No

Do you ever feel that your elected representatives on the current City Council are running roughshod over your individual liberties?

Yes     No

Do you think it is important that your elected representatives act in good faith and provide honest public disclosure and transparency with regard to the decisions they make for you?

Yes     No

  If you answered Yes to any of these questions then VOTE for Pam Fernald for SeaTac City Council Position #6

Whatever the outcome of this November election, here is a short list of items that are on my radar and I intend to work on:

Change  the identity of the position which runs the City Council to be  known in the future as the ‘Council Chairman’ or ‘Council President’ rather than ‘Mayor.’

While gathering signatures for the Change of Government petition, one of the biggest confusions was that citizens thought SeaTac already has an elected Mayor.  Nope–  Ceremonial only.    When the Elected Mayor Prop 1 passes in November, the Mayor position in SeaTac should clear up, but the head of the council will still need a new label.

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I will look into the creation of districts or wards within SeaTac so that each and every one of those districts has an assigned council member and citizens will know which council representative to contact if they have problems.

Currently 5 of our council members reside in the same neighborhood, and it would be maximal to have them individually assigned to specific districts so citizens have a firmer feeling of representation in the city.

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I would like to establish a Student Citizen Advisory Committee to meet monthly as our other Citizen Advisory Committees do.  I would like to officially hear from some of our future city leaders about what they think is going on in SeaTac and any solutions they have.

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I would like to see a more user friendly, intuitive City Website.    Some subjects are so imbedded on the website that a citizen may not find what they are looking for and therefore not use the website as the helping tool it should be.   I heard a year ago that it was going to be revamped—it is past time for a better city website.

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Code Enforcement issues are always a hot topic.     I’d like to see a Code Enforcement Task Force blanket the community and resolve the most long running and egregious cases so that neighbors can have some peace,  and the two Code Enforcement officers that we have in SeaTac could get a little ‘ahead of the game’ on the big issues.  

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I will campaign for fire safety education in our SEaTac schools and communities.   Fire safety training is at least as important in our City as  classes on how to raise backyard chickens.

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At LUP meetings I hear talk of an Ombudsman.  This is something I would like to look into and see where/if it might better serve the citizens. 

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SeaTac is 20 years old and growing.   We have much to look forward to.

 Let’s get busy.