lynne marie hardee

(negative) time-stamps of subject changes. 

-26:05 – this is the closest you’re going to get to drinking and filling out your ballot with leslie knope

-25:30 – August 1 primary, ballots due at 8pm

-24:49 – seattle mayor – dual endorsement, Hasegawa and Farrell. Oliver is also acceptable but inexperienced and undisciplined in learning about policy

-23:20 – seattle city council pos. 8 – Teresa mosqueda. King County Executive – Dow Constantine.

23:00 – “why are there so many pieces of paper in this envelope?” – walk-thru the ballot, ballot drop boxes. They’ll have replacement envelopes at the ballot box. Print a new ballot online if you lost yours or your dog ate it or whatever. Vote.wa.gov

22:00 – king county prop. 1, Access for All – vote yes. I know it’s regressive. Sales tax is literally the only form of taxing authority king county is. .1 percent means the average household will contribute about $30 a year.

19:15 – port of seattle commissioner, pos. 1 – Claudia Kauffman – meets my criteria

-18:50 – my dad’s main concern on port commissioner race – Ivar’s airport lease renewal

-17:06 – 45th district special senate election – as a Democrat I have to endorse Manka Dinghra – two centrist women of color both campaigning on no state income tax which is already unconstitutional – determines control of the state senate, currently the GOP has a 2-vote majority.

-14:20 – “sometimes you gotta drink some champagne and make a choice, because politics is emotional and it’s based on feelings.”

-13:37 – city council positions – political parties serve the function of a ballpark of political views, giving you an idea of what the candidate thinks

-12:20 – “I don’t trust libertarians running for city council”

-11:45 – “city of seattle mayor? Whew, that is just a heck of a race y’all”

-10:45 – asks family if they have their ballots; champagne shimmy

-10:20 – mom asks about burien city council candidates views on homelessness

-9:45 – mom asks, “is anyone proposing tiny houses built on public property by volunteers?” “are we partnering with any organizations to help provide solutions to homelessness”

-8:40 – mom and Abigail make a silly “tosta” joke

-8:20 – amber asks “where do I go for my local city stuff?” – google “your city” blog”

-7:45 – leg.wa.gov/districtfinder – find your district

-7:22 – lynne waxes rhapsodic about Information Services at the leg and how they make all the sites the government uses

-7:10 – lynne walks you through how districtfinder works

-6:20 – lynne rants about state party organization and walks you through how to find yor local district’s endorsements -5:55 – “if their website is good, it’ll be easy to find. If their website is terrible, it won’t be easy to find, and I’m sorry”

-5:35 – also check candidates’ websites because they’ve probably listed their endorsements

-5:10 – seattle city council postion 9 – lorena gonzelez – re-elect lorena gonzalez. Knows what she’s doing

-4:50 – school district campaigns – vote in them! -4:40- sean champagne is pretty handsome…I am just saying.

-4:20 – when voting in school district elections, decide how you feel about charter schools, then look at candidates and figure out how they feel – through endorsements, donations, statements

-3:56 – drink.

-3:46 – my thoughts on charter schools – the point of privatizing things is to make money, so I get real skeptical…

slightly conflates voucher system and charter schools, which I realize

24:16 -2:20 – “it’s also private management of public funds”

-2:00 – in theory, electing these people gives them accountability. In a charter school, you don’t have any say in the

-1:34 – people on both sides of the aisle (when people say that, it means both republicans and democrats because in the senate there’s an aisle down the middle – it’s kind of dumb)

lynne waxes rhapsodic about her own possible dream hippie charter school of classical education and theatre…

“finish off your champagne - just make a choice – it’s the primary – you gotta like, get a little tipsy and just have fun with it, because politics is personal, and it is a lot about how you feel about that person. Watch video of them talking, decide if you like the person. Would you hire this person? Is this person going to make it easier for everyone to get their work done, or harder?”