Here’s an archive of tonight’s Twitter coverage:
CDNLive: Forum getting started – school board district 5 up first http://yfrog.com/0ojcrj
CHSLive: School Board pos 5 up first Cullen wisely opting to read her into statement
CHSLive: apparently tonight there is a wickedly irritating end of time buzzer
CDNLive: Joanna Cullen – motivated to run by recent school closures. Andre Helmstetter -daught went to tt minor, wants stronger school leaders
CHSLive: 1st quest: how would you help schools get fed money?
CHSLive: Helmstetter: need to get schools into compliance
CHSLive: Bass : We’re going after all funds already
CDNLive: Mary Bass:we’re already going after all of the federal funds. Have to make sure it reaches the right students, provide accountability
CHSLive: Smith-Blum keyword ‘fail’ District is failing
CHSLive: Q2: how to make sure kids can attend walking distance schools?
CHSLive: Helmstetter: key is to make sure all schools are high quality
CDNLive: Andre: some schools have more money and better programs than others. Have to make sure everyones school is one they want to attend
CHSLive: Bass: have to be concerned about equality in this
CHSLive: Smith-Blum: believer in neighborhood scools but need to reallocate resources to create insanely great schools
CHSLive: Cullen: I wouldn’t close TT Minor. High quality in every neighborhood
CHSLive: q3 what’s biggest barrier to quality? Bass: private vs public interest
CDNLive: Q: what is the biggest hurdle to great schools?
CHSLive: Cullen: the lack of community engagement. Private and public partnerships are 1 key to success
CDNLive: Andre: need common sense decisions, like controversial math curriculum. Need to communicate better with community about what works
CHSLive: kaplan: holding Seattle Econ back? Missed opportunities lost to suburbs
CHSLive: Licata: strong school system attracts strong businesses. Transit. Quality of life = strong Seattle econ
CHSLive: Bagshaw wearing power teal, Plants a biz casual suit, Bloom khaki and polo, Tobin looks like my boss if I had a boss
CDNLive: Tobin: more lighting, more youth activity,……. Plants: police aren’t the only answer. More funding for youth programs.
CDNLive: Bloom: need better realtionships with police and citizens, less punative, after school programs, not new jail
CDNLive: Q: what is your biggest strength? Worked with lots of groups, unions, helped first housing levy
CHSLive: biggest strength? Plants says his millitary experience, Tobin has organized ‘tons’ Off stage, Israel sez 1st time she’s seen Tobin
CHSLive: Bagshaw: I keep my mouth shut and I listen. Neighborhood plans should be built from ground, not top down
CDNLive: Q: what is the best way to unite people to solve problems? Bagshaw: listen. Tobin: bring people together … Plants: honesty is key
CHSLive: Tobin just punted on answer midsentence. Having a bit of a panic. “I’m having tough time here”
CHSLive: q about alcohol impact area program. Bagshaw sez she was told before forum that the AIA is working. Tobin sez to expand to city
CHSLive: Plants says AIA isn’t enough. Need better treatment programs
CHSLive: Bloom; AIA doesn’t address the problem. Underlying social issues need solutions
CDNLive: Plants- need to give people someplace to stay. Expand capacity of drunk tank. Bloom: doesN’t work, only moves the problem.
CDNLive: Q: plastic bag tax? Tobin, plants, bloom: yes. Bagshaw: no
CHSLive: position 8 gets ready for their session http://twitpic.com/bw0v5
CHSLive: Rusty Williams is madly in love w Seattle
CDNLive: Next up: council position 8 – mike obrien, rusty Williams, Bobby forch, David miller, Jordan royer, Robert rosen-crantz
CHSLive: Forch lives at 26 and Cherry. Home turf!
CDNLive: Position 8 photo http://yfrog.com/6wgl4j
CHSLive: Royer touts his part in creating AIA
CHSLive: Rosencrantz: wants to be the ‘iron will’ on the council
CDNLive: Royer: focus on the basic services: safety, paving, etc
CDNLive: Forch: jobs is biggest focus. Brought office of Econ development to city
CHSLive: Forch: holds up his SDOT program as a model for efficiency. Hmmmm
CDNLive: Obrien: have city govmt make good investments in transportation, affordable housing. No downtown tunnel! Be smart with money
CHSLive: O’Brien makes first tunnel ref of the night. 2points!
CHSLive: Williams: Seattle is already the most beautiful city in the world. We need to preserve that environment
CHSLive: miller wants Seattle to be the epicenter of the next economic revolution – green jobs
CDNLive: Royer: environment crucial. Storm water runoff needs to be handled. Save Puget sound.
CDNLive: Obrien: want to lead in quality of life, where people can lead meaningful lives
CDNLive: Q: support council districts?
CHSLive: Forch: in favor of a hybrid district solution for city council
CDNLive: Miller: hybrid: 5 districts, plus 4 at-large seats, need some responsive to neighborhoods. Also: important to suck up to moderators
CDNLive: Rosencrantz: likes at-large, bug jobs. Also: grew up in cd
CDNLive: Rusty the R: “good argument either way”
CDNLive: Q: permanent locations for tent city? Y y y y n n . Q: cd/chs geography? All fail. Miller worst, forch (resident!) 2nd worst
CHSLive: Mayor time. Candidates being gathered http://twitpic.com/bw435
CDNLive: Next up: mayoral candidates. Proving hard to wrangle them to the stage
CDNLive: An enthusiastic nickels supporter just handed him a contribution envelope on stage
CHSLive: mayoral candidates take their sweet time
CDNLive: Candidates: Mike McGinn, James Donaldson, Greg Nickels, Joe Mallahan, Wyking Garrett, Jan Drago
CHSLive: fashion: McGinn relaxed bike rumpled collared shirt per usual, Donaldson looking tiki biz casual, Nickels sporting red tie, tennies
CDNLive: Wyking: from the cd, wants to change the status quo. Wants to invest in community-based institutions to solve youth violence
CHSLive: Mallahan sports slacks and tie, Garrett goes biz cas sans tie but w prominent belt clipped comm device, Drago in casino carpet jacket
CHSLive: Sigler in power pink
CDNLive: Norman Zigler just joined too –
CDNLive: Q: what about townhouses?
CHSLive: McGinn on loss of neighborhood character. Need affordable housing but need to build great neighborhoods too
CDNLive: Donaldson: need to give communities a say in development. Need to continue o grow, must still house them
CHSLive: Nickels: key is good design. Growth can’t overwhelm a neighborhood
CDNLive: Mallahan: density should be well-planned, transit-based. Too much in southlake. Regulatios cause bad designs
CHSLive: Donaldson speaks, McGinn, Nickels look on http://twitpic.com/bw5in
CDNLive: Wyking: need development to reflect community values, not displace. Choice, not force. Don’t let developers drive it
CHSLive: applause o meter: Nickels, Garrett going head to head
CDNLive: Drago: focus density along arterials and in downtown. Single family neighorhoods should have veto on their areas.
CDNLive: Sigler: density should be everywhere. Focus on aesthetics, services, building communities
CHSLive: Sigler says towhomes r ugly. Add services to build community and improve design
CDNLive: Q: ideal approach to gang viol? Sigler: proved services to help families, reading, think of gangs as people, let gangs be reg biz
CDNLive: Drago: wants pilot program for ceasefire & intervention. Wyking: exp with positive youth development. Should be at old colman school.
CDNLive: Mallahan: agrees with wyking. Mayor cut outreach, missed youth that aren’t in school. End self-hatred. Increase police.
CHSLive: Nickels: Seattle is a safe city. But we haven’t seen reduction in youth violence
CDNLive: Nickels: target youth violence. Give kids hope. Intervene in their lives. Recent deaths “just wrong”. Overall safe city though.
CHSLive: donaldson: just about every day this summer there has been a murder, shooting, stabbing, etc
CDNLive: Donaldson: the city is getting less safe. Need more role models, reading. Mcginn: education essential. Increase job opportunities
CDNLive: Q: Tunnel? Donaldson: Will work with it, but concerned about capacity, design. Not sure people will walk or take bus in rain.
CDNLive: Nickels: need to replace viaduct, reconnect city to the bay.
CDNLive: Mallahan : money is there, make sure it comes on time and under budget.
CDNLive: Wyking: not most cost effective. Make sure infrastructure supports other problems like youth violence via jobs.
CHSLive: shot of the crowd during mayoral Q&A http://twitpic.com/bw77v
CDNLive: Sigler: not going to stand in way. Viaduct has to come down. More trains and transit too.
CDNLive: Mcginn: ineffective, too expensive. $930 million from city is too much.
CDNLive: Q: how will you help schools? Nickels: likes superintendent.
CHSLive: Drago during gang violence discussion http://twitpic.com/bw7op
CDNLive: mallahan: more community based schooling.Doesn’t want mayor to take over.Wyking: peace academies to solve youth violence. No closings
CDNLive: Drago: bring whole community into the solution. Leverage fed money for headstart. Sigler: need higher expectations, creativity.
CHSLive: McGinn looking into mayoral resposibility for school district performance
CDNLive: Mcginn: would like to look at mayor taking over, drive accountability. Priorities wrong via a via tunnel.
CDNLive: Donaldson: city out of touch with schools. Need to promote literacy via libraries.
CDNLive: Q: new jail? N n maybe n n n
CDNLive: Forum over! Thumbs worn out!
CHSLive: that’s a wrap btw thanks for tuning in. Next up for mayorz, music cmty mtg Tuesday night
Mayoral candidate James Donaldson takes a turn with the mic (Photo: Lucas Anderson/Neighborlogs)
Original Post:
Scott from CDNews and I will be covering tonight’s Cap Hill/Central District Election Forum live via Twitter. Hope you can join us at Mount Zion or here on the intertubes starting at 6p. Have something you want to add to the stream? Add the #cdchs tag to your tweets.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009
Thomas Tobin, a latecomer candidate for Seattle City Council Position 4 (whose minimalist web site describes him as a small businessman) seemed comically unprepared for even basic queries. One example: when candidates were asked a softball question about how they’d solve city problems, others, like Sally Bagshaw and Dorsol Plants, talked about “listening” and “communication.” Tobin responded: “Listening is huge. It’s on my campaign card,” and then trailed off and said “I’m gonna pass on this one.” He was later asked if he wanted a second shot, but said, “Nah, I’m good, I’m just drawing a blank here.”
TEACHING THE VALUES OF PEACE
By: Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
As a Cherokee Native American Activist and a former member of the Richmond California Violence Prevention Movement, I have seen close to 515 homicides in the City of Richmond from 2001 to the present.
The declaration of a ‘war on violence’ by the Richmond city government was not the panacea, instead it failed miserably.
I have often stated in town hall meetings and on television, the best way to win the ‘war on violence’ in Richmond is to ‘TEACH THE VALUES OF PEACE’.
In the killing fields of Richmond, most of the victims of homicides are youth or young adults. Teaching the values of peace begins with our youth and young adults. From a Native perspective, winning the war on violence begins in the home with a strong, spiritual belief and value system.
We believe that Creator made all generations, past, present and those of the future, holy people. This is what our Elders teach us from the time we are born.
Our families and Elders teach our young people that they must tear away the images and stereotypes that mainstream society has placed upon them as Native peoples.
Violence and killing is not traditional in Native culture, it is a learned behavior from mainstream society.
We teach our youths not to attack, punish or beat themselves up for crimes that they have never committed in regards to racism. Our Elders and families teach our young people to have good self-esteem, self-worth and self-value, for as the original holy people this was Creators plan.
Native people know that it is both family and community responsibility to teach the values of peace to our young people.
We teach our young people honesty and accountability concerning violence. It begins with accepting responsibility for self and acknowledging any past use of violence.
Admitting any wrongdoing, communicating openly and truthfully to renounce the use of violence in the future places our youth on the right path. We place a heavy emphasis that all life is sacred.
The final lesson in teaching the values of peace is quite simple. It is helping young people understand their relationship to others and all things in Creation.
Be responsible for your role, act with compassion and respect, and remember ALL LIFE IS SACRED. Native culture is prevention!
Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
WE MUST BE THE SPIRITUAL CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN CREATOR’S WORLD!
A Native man should always be clean and sober, for he knows there is still more work to do !
Rise with the Sun to pray. Pray alone and pray often. The Great Creator will listen, if you only speak.
From all generations of the past, here now in the present and the unborn generations of the future, the Creator from Sacred Time, Creation Time, First Man and First Woman Time, made all Native People a Holy People.
It is important that we as Native People maintain good self-esteem, self-worth and self-value.
We cannot attack ourselves, beat ourselves up and pound ourselves for crimes we have never committed.
Our Prayer to the Creator represents a different kind a power, a different kind of strength, a different kind of energy.
Stand up with pride when you pray to Creator. Stand with Honor before Creator. Be Proud to be Spiritually alive on the Earth Mother, and thankful and honored to stand before Creator, rather than bowing down like a slave.
All prophecy can be changed. There are things that may happen under the present conditions of our world, but these conditions do not have to stay the way they are, or deteriorate to a more desperate situation.
Native People offer a spiritual solution to the world’s problems.
Many people are interested in the message of Native Spirituality because they are aware of the despairing circumstances of our world and the fact that we must all make changes in order to survive globally.
We offer people hope for a peaceful world by sharing our Spiritual paths with them. We are not selling our ceremonies, or our traditions; we are sharing wisdom.
With Creator’s World Renewal Medicine cycle soon approaching, it is predicted that all First Nation People shall return to our traditional Native ways. Native people will spiritually transform North America back into harmony and balance.
Native and non Native People who walk in the Spiritual ways of the Ancestors will be in control of the Americas.
Native people see the Sun as our Father. The highest of the Earth Mother’s energies are in the morning when Father Sun is rising in the East.
Native people know that morning is the best time to pray for as Father Sun rises, we can place all problems and issues into the past. Native people give spiritual thanks daily for the energy and power of Father Sun.
The purest Spiritual medicine in the World of humankind is of course, the Great Creator of All Things, and the blessing of Father Sun when it rises each morning in the East.
When we as Native people pray, it permits us to have the Creator’s Blessings of healing and understanding, in turn creates peace and love, and brings the full effect of Creator’s harmony and balance to the Earth Mother.
Wado and A-ho, Brothers and Sisters
Mike (Ali) Raccoon Eyes Kinney
http://www.teachingthevaluesofpeace.blogspot.com