Author: Suzie Sheary

AUGUST 2005

P.O. Box 58337, Renton, Washington 98058
Susan C. Sheary, Chair
206.622.9157 / Cell 206.852.4823 / FAX 425.255.1634
www.kcdems.org / kingcountydemocrats@msn.com

Volume 1, Issue 8

A DAY IN THE PARK
WITH THE KCDCC

Congressman McDermott Headlines Picnic
A bright sunny day and a beautiful crowd with over 200 Democrats attending the annual King County Democrats Picnic at Woodland Park in Seattle on Saturday July 30th. Headlining the program was Congressman Jim McDermott; 48th LD Rep Ross Hunter served as MC and introduced all the electeds and candidates present. King County Executive Ron Sims and King County Council Chair Larry Phillips addressed the crowd. Thanks to all the volunteers and Picnic Chair Sharon Mast, everyone had a good time feasting on hamburgers, hotdogs, and other offerings. Thanks to everyone who donated time, energy, food and refreshment. GO DEMOCRATS!

OFFICIAL CALL
KCDCC Executive Board Meeting
Tuesday August 23, 2005—7:00 pm
Seattle Labor Temple—2800 First Avenue
Endorsements will be considered
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Agenda
5:00 pm Light Supper
5:30 pm Call to Order
Flag Salute
Acceptance of Previous Meeting Minutes
and Agenda
5:35 pm Election of new 2nd Vice Chair
5:45 pm Endorsement Session Begins
. Credentials Report
. Presentation of the Rules
. Announcement of Moderator, Parliamen-
tarian, Timekeeper, and Tally Committee
. Balloting
. Announcement of Endorsed Candidates
. Candidate Acceptance Speeches
Adjourn
See Page 9 and 10 to review Forum operating rules and timelines, and Page 11, 12, and 13 for endorsement meeting operating rules.
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Pacific Northwest Portal
Political News from Around the Region
Access it at www.nwportal.org
Pacific Northwest Portal is a news and information website for progressives and Democrats — almost like an online newspaper. It’s called a portal because it’s a gateway to regional politics — you can follows the latest news and views very easily. If you follow politics, it’s for you.
The article on new KC District 9 Candidate, Shirley Gaunt-Smith, written by 47th LD PCO and Officer, Noemie Maxwell was copied from the WASHBLOG at the referenced site.

The King County Democrat is published a minimum of 10 days before a general membership meeting pursuant to KCDCC By-laws.
Copy is published in-house on a monthly basis, posted at website, www.kcdems.org, and sent via bulk-mail to all King County PCOs.

King County Democrats
Officers Meeting
The Officers of the King County Democrats will meet for their regular monthly meeting on:
Sunday August 21, 2005—7:00 pm
Renton Carpenters Hall
231 Burnett Avenue North
Renton, Washington 98055
Agenda will be sent to all officers.
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NEXT LAC MEETING:
The Legislative Action Committee under the direction of Tina Shamseldin will meet for their next meeting:
Sunday August 21, 2005
2:00—4:30 pm
Newport Library
14250 S.E. Newport Way
Bellevue, Washington 98006
425-747-2390
(Confirmed guests are Representative Dave Upthegrove (education and the environment) and Representative Mark Miloscia (homelessness and affordable housing)).

King County Democratic Central Committee
Candidate Recruitment Judith Baker Hine
Endorsements Linnea Peterson

Shirley Gaunt-Smith Files for King County Council Ninth District
by Noemie Maxwell for the WASHBLOG, 8/27/2005
This week, King County’s Ninth District Democrats found a candidate for the council race, Shirley Gaunt-Smith. This election is important to King County — and to the entire State. We should all be paying attention.
South King County is a swing district that’s in just about every kind of flux imaginable: cultural, environmental, political, economic, demographic. What happens here politically has consequence for the whole State. One might think of the area as a fulcrum of the State’s Democratic/Republican balance. But it’s not a simple partisan matter.
A mix of rural-urban issues and cultural values that are key to the larger civic discussion between Eastern and Western Washington get hashed out here with their own south King County flavor. How these decisions are made here — to what degree they successfully protect the greatest public good, and whether people feel that their interests are fairly considered — affects the implementation of public policy throughout the State. A central issue that I believe we must attend to, a prerequisite to implementing sustainable solutions to energy, environmental, social, economic, agricultural, and a host of other issues — is how we can develop more ways for people with conflicting interests to meet on common ground. South King County is where much of this development must happen. The high level of partisan anger out here poisons the process and enriches powerful outside interests that benefit from our pain.
There’s plenty of independent voting and friendly partisanship here in south King County. But you can’t miss all the bitter talk of Seattle elites, socialists, government land grabs, etc. In some areas (such as my precinct, which is in the Ninth) Republican yard signs are safe for months — while Democratic yard signs are consistently vandalized and stolen. These are likely symptoms of a deep feeling of disenfranchisement among people who are seeing their way of life and the political landscape undergo rapid
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change. Our current council member is an arch-conservative Christian fundamentalist who has helped to form the backbone of the south King County property-rights and anti-tax movement with political action committees and other conservative activism. His support appears to be of the local, grassroots variety. His Republican opponent is heavily funded by outside interests.
Shirley Gaunt-Smith is the kind of candidate I was hoping for. She has a good chance to break through some of this rhetoric to present the issues to voters. She’s entering late in the game but, with enough help, she can win the race. She has a promising mix of high-energy, public service ethic, local knowledge, and wider perspective and education. Particularly important for this area, she’s both rural-friendly and environmentally minded.
Shirley is a former Boeing Computing
Engineer and manager who retired to
Earn a 2004 Masters in Public Policy
And Nonprofit Management from the
Daniel J. Evans School of Public
Affairs (UW). Born and raised in the
Rainier Valley, she spent much of
Her adult life in unincorporated King
County. She and her husband
Raised their two daughters on a
2.5-acre property near Spring Lake
In an unincorporated area between
Maple Valley and Renton. While her daughters were growing up, she was a 4-H leader at the Enumclaw Fair and an avid sockeye fisherman. Recently, she has served for seven years on the board of the Recovery Centers of King County, four of them as President. Prior to that, she served on the board of the Recovery Center of South King County, for one year as President. These two organizations, which are not affiliated with King County government, merged under her leadership. She assisted with candidate evaluations with the Municipal League for two years and is President of her condominium association.
I asked her what some of her concerns are and she reminisced about the rich salmon runs in Lake Washington when she used to fish there and expressed her concern over this year’s disastrous run. She mentioned the complexities of the conservation and property-rights issues related to the Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). In researching the CAO for Enumclaw friends who believed that the law prohibited them from cutting down trees on their property (she discovered that they could cut down their trees) she developed an understanding of some of the challenges that rural property owners are facing under these rules.
To contact the candidate, whose web page is in development call or e-mail the King County Democrats at 206.622.9157 or kingcountydemocrats@msn.com
Without a strong Democratic candidate in each race, key issues can easily be left with one-sided representation —

Shirley Gaunt-Smith

And misinformation and extreme rhetoric are likely to be insufficiently challenged. Our support will determine whether this candidate can make a strong run. Regardless of where you live, please consider helping.
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KCDCC Treasury Report
January 1 through August 2, 2005
Total

Have You Visited the KCDCC Website lately?
Looking for events? Need to review questionnaires? Stop by the King County Democrats website at www.kcdems.org
We have:
Calendar Events
Legislative District Information
PCO Lists
PCO Training
Poll Worker Information
List of Democratic Candidates for Public Office and their associated
Questionnaires
...and much more.
The website is updated daily and many new selections are planned for the fall.
Join Rob Dolin’s committee on communications and get involved — robdolin@wuxx.com
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The office of Second Vice-Chair of KCDCC has been vacated and open election for replacement will occur on Tuesday August 23, 2005.
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Thank You
Senator Margarita Prentice
For
Your Continued Support of the
Democratic Party

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King County Democratic Central Committee
Executive Board Meeting—Tuesday July 26, 2005
Meeting Minutes
Call to Order
II. Flag Salute
Adoption of agenda
IV. Special Guests addressed the body::
11th LD Representative Zack Hudgins, 30th LD Representative Mark Miloscia; KC Council District 7
Candidate Geni Hawkins, Former Representative Georgette Valle (President of the Evergreen Democrats
Club), Greg Gallo representing the Stonewall Democrats, and Judge Terry Jurado
District Chairs Reports
(including reports: Noemie Maxwell (South King County Diversity Committee) and Tyler Page (South King
County Dinner)
VI. Program: Campaign Strategy and Request for Volunteers by Ron Sims’ Campaign Manager—Rachel
Bianchi; introduction of office administrator—Melissa Long
VII. Officers and Chairs Reports
VIII. Motion failed on an early endorsement due to lack of proper notice
IX. Motion failed on Nominating Convention nominees becoming endorsed candidates due to lack of proper
notice Additional motion was tabled.
Motion to oppose move of Southwest Airlines to Boeing Field; tabled. Committee formed to research:
Susan Sheary, Gwen Rench, and Larry Jackson
XI. Door Prize Drawing
XII. Adjourn
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POLLWORKERS NEEDED
If you would like to work as an inspector or a judge at a polling location for the September 20th Primary and/or the November 8th General Election, please call King County Records and Elections at 206.296.1606 and ask for Paula or Brenna. Please call Gurine Nordby if you are interested in observing at a depot or polling location– 206.772.4268. You may also visit the King County Democrats website, www.kcdems.org, to review the duties and responsibilities for the aforementioned positions.
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REGISTER TO VOTE
If you have not registered to vote, the deadline for voting eligibility for the September 20th Primary Election is
August 20th. REMEMBER TO VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!

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Endorsement Meeting Rules
I. Credentialing.
A. All voting members of the KCDCC Executive Board shall be duly presented with voting credentials for the Endorsement meeting upon appearance at the credentialing table, commencing no earlier than 5:30 pm.
1. Voting Members” shall consist of the following officers pursuant to the KCDCC By-Laws:
a. The elected officers of the KCDCC as enumerated in Article IV and who serve as officers of the Executive Board.
b. The Chair and two Delegates (one man and one woman) elected by the duly-elected PCOs from each of the Legislative Districts within King County except the 1st, 31st, and 39th Districts, known as “split districts.”
c. The two Delegates (one man and one woman) elected by the duly elected PCOs residing in the King County precincts of each of the “split Districts.” When the District Chair is a resident of King County, he or she shall served in place of a Legislative District Delegate of the same gender.
d. Three delegates representing the Young Democrats as follows: One delegate serving as the King County Representative from the Washington State Young Democrats; and one Delegate who shall be the President of the King County Young Democrats, and one additional Delegate selected by the King County Young Democrats.
e. A representative of any King County Democratic Club that is chartered by the Washington State Democratic Central Committee and requests recognition by the KCDCC Executive Board.
f. Democratic National Committee members elected by the Washington State Democratic Central Committee and residing in King County.
g. The Executive Director of KCDCC.
h. The Secretary of KCDCC and the Chair of each Standing Committee not chaired by an elected Vice-Chair.
B. At 6:15 pm, voting credentials will be duly given to any Alternate Voting Member whose respective primary Voting Member is still absent.
1. “Alternate Voting Members” shall consist of the following officers pursuant to the KCDCC By-Laws:
a. The Alternate Delegates (one man and one woman) elected from each of the Legislative Districts serving in the absence of his her District’s Delegate/s.
b. The First Vice-Chair elected from each of the Legislative Districts, serving in the absence of his/her Legislative District Chair or in the absence of one of the Alternate Delegates.
2. Upon the arrival of a primary Voting Member, the Alternate Voting Member must yield voting credentials.
C. No proxies shall be given.
D. Voting credentials shall consist of:
1. A voting placard
2. An Acclamation Ballot
3. A Master Contested Ballot
4. A Reference of all candidates for all races
II. Acclamation Ballot Voting
A. The Acclamation Ballot shall consist of one named candidate in every race that is believed to be uncon-
tested in terms of party support, and has turned in a completed KCDCC Questionnaire five (5) days prior to
the meeting.
B. No earlier than 6:30 pm, the Chair shall entertain a motion to accept the Acclamation Ballot for endorse -
ment.
C. Once the aforementioned motion is made and duly seconded, the floor shall be open for motions to remove
a race from the Acclamation Ballot.
1. Motions to remove a race from the Acclamation Ballot may be taken up for endorsement during the floor
voting period after the first tally of the Master Contested Ballot.
2. Races that have been removed from the Acclamation Ballot may be taken up for endorsement during the floor voting period after the first tally of the Master Contested Ballot.

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D. Having exhausted all motions to remove, the Chair will call for a voice vote to endorse the Acclamation Ballot
as amended.
1. Endorsement of the Acclamation Ballot shall require a two-thirds majority.
2. All candidates appearing on the amended Acclamation Ballot shall be considered endorsed and shall be
allowed a one (1) minute acceptance speech given in the order in which the races appear on the ballot to
occur while the tally committee is counting the master ballot.
III. Master Contested Ballot Voting
A. The Master Contested Ballot shall consist of all candidates known to have some party support, and has turned
in a completed KCDCC Questionnaire five (5) days prior to the meeting plus one write-in slot for every major
race that did not appear on the Acclamation Ballot. The Ballot shall have one column of checkboxes for the
voter’s official vote, and one column for an unofficial ranked preference.
1. The unofficial ranking is a non-binding and failure to rank will not invalidate any ballot.
2. Voters will be asked not to rank any candidates in which they have no confidence as this may skew results
away from a viable motion.
B. Prior to casting the Master Contested Ballot, all named candidates shall be given two (2) minutes to present
their campaign, which may include yielding time for seconding speakers.
C. Once all speeches are concluded, the Chair shall call for the vote and the tally committee will convene to collect
and count the votes.
1. The tally committee shall first count and report the official votes marked. Any candidate receiving a two-
thirds majority shall be considered endorsed, and shall be given a one (1) minute time limit for acceptance
speech upon announcement.
2. The Tally committee shall then tally the ranked preferences in an instant runoff (IRV) system. Any candi-
date receiving a two-thirds majority from this reallocation of preferences shall be reported to the body as an
automatic motion for endorsement as the first order of business in the floor voting section.
IV. Floor Voting Period
A. After the final results of the Master Contested Ballot have been announced, the floor shall be open for addi-
tional endorsements in the following order:
1. Automatic Motions for Endorsement as reported by the Tally Committee from the IRV results.
2. Endorsement and dual endorsement motions on any races that have not received an endorsement, includ-
ing races removed from the Acclimation Ballot, to be taken up in the order in which the races appear on the
ballots.
B. Each motion may have up to three, one (1) minute speeches for and three one (1) minute speeches against,
and members may yield time to the candidates upon their discretion.
C. All of the motions under Section IV, A. require a two-thirds majority to carry.
Submitted by Endorsement Committee: Linnea Peterson, Chair
Rob Holland
Jason Sawatzki
Lila Smith
Scott White
Special Thanks to this committee for their efforts.

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ATTEND YOUR
DISTRICT MEETINGS!
If you have not attended a District meeting this year, review the list , find your District and join the many active Democrats participating across the County.
1st LD
Chair: Jeff Wiley, 425.778.4808
Meets 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm
Northshore School Admin
18335 Bothell Way NE, Bothell
5th LD
Chair: Kayne McGladrey, 425.894.5298
Meets 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 pm
King County Library Admin
960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah
11th LD
Chair: Edward Prince, 206.246.8747
Meets 3rd Tuesday, 7:00 pm
Carpenters Hall
231 Burnett North, Renton
30th LD
Chair: Larry Jackson, 253.661.2287
Meets 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Federal Way Senior Center
4016 South 352nd St, Federal Way
31st LD
Chair: Tim Pearson, 253.863.4543
Meets 4th Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Sumner Library
1116 Fryer Avenue, Sumner
32nd LD
Chair: Lila Smith, 206.818.1195
Meets: 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 pm
American Legion Hall
14521 17th Ave NE, Shoreline
33rd LD
Chair: Tara Jo Heinecke, 206.870.8819
Meets 3rd Monday, 7:00 pm
Normandy Park Congregational Church
19247 1st Ave S, Normandy Park
34th LD
Chair: Ivan Weiss, 206.463.4647
Meets 2nd Wednesday, 7:30 pm
The Hall at Fauntleroy
9131 California Ave SW, Seattle
36th LD
Chair: Peter House, 206784.7665
Meets 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm
See website for locations
37th LD
Chair: Gwen Rench, 206.324.2786
Meets: 2nd Monday, 7:30 pm
Central Area Senior Center
500 30th Ave S., Seattle
41st LD
Chair: Barbara Geller, 206.232.4970
Meets 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 pm
UFCW Hall
12838 SE 40th, Factoria

43rd LD
Chair: Richard Kelley, 206.522.2735
Meets 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm
University Baptist Church
NE 47th and 12th Ave NE, Seattle
45th LD
Chair: Ralph Gorin, 425.556.5789
Meets 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm
United Methodist Church
16540 NE 80th St, Redmond
46th LD
Chair: Scott White, 206.363.9522
Meets 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm
Olympic View Elementary School
425 N 95th St, Seattle
47th LD
Chair: Bryan Kesterson, 253.639.3515
Meets 1st Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Machinists’ Hall
A St SW at 2nd St SW, Auburn
48th LD
Chair: Ben Von Ullrich, 206.979.9073
Meets 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Stevenson Elementary School Library
14220 NE 8th, Bellevue

Annual
Warren G. Magnuson
Awards
Featuring
Senator John Edwards
And honoring the
WSDCC Legal Defense Team
Tuesday
August 16, 2005
Reception—5:00 pm
Awards Ceremony 6:00 pm
Call the WSDCC Office to
Purchase tickets or order online
At their website
www.wa-democrats.org
Support the
Washington State Democrats

KCDCC Door Prizes
KCDCC asks for your donations of cool stuff to our raffle. Can you or your LD provide tickets to an upcoming event? A District T shirt or hat? Things that would be a big hit ? Memorabilia… souvenirs, food, wine, CD’s, DVD’s books, crafts and woodworking treasures make the door prize drawings fun.
Bring your door prize donations to the KCDCC meeting. Thank you
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Coffee
with Congressman Adam Smith
All Ninth Congressional District PCOs are
Invited to have coffee with Representative Smith
SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 2005—10:30 AM
Carpenters Regional Council Office
25120 Pacific Highway South, Site 200
Kent, Washington 98032
Please RSVP to Chelsea Waliser at
253.572.6125 or Chelsea@electadamsmith.com

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OFFICIAL CALL

“The road to tyranny,
We must never forget,
Begins with the destruction of the truth.”
President William Jefferson Clinton
August 19, 1946—

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Officers
Elected Position	First Name	Last Name	e-mail
Chair	Susan	Sheary	suzie2004@comcast.net
First Vice-Chair	Rob	Dolin	robdolin@wuxx.com
Second Vice-Chair
Third Vice-Chair	Sharon	Mast	skmast@att.net
Fourth Vice-Chair	Gurine	Nordby
State Committeeman	Javier	Valdez	airjav@msn.com
State Committeewoman	Pat	Taylor	pat.taylor@mindspring.com
Treasurer	Chuck	Laney	laney06@attglobal.net
Appointments accepted at re-organization 12/4/2004
Recording Secretary	Angela	Henry	angelachenry@hotmail.com
Leg Action Comm	Tina	Shamseldin	tinashamseldin@comcast.net
Platform/By-laws	Joel	Ware	joelware@hotmail.com
Program Chair	Jean	Amos
Sergeant-at-Arms	Juan	Martinez
Parliamentarians/Attys	Paul	Schneiderman
	Robert	Gaudet
Independent Audit	Jenson	Hagen

Income
2005 Picnic/income	1620.00
Call for Membership/Income	12247.70
District Donation	6888.21
Elected Officials	6850.00
Honors Banquet	13029.00
KCDCC Tee Shirts	740.00
Newsletter Advertisements/Income	1600.00
Nominating Convention Sponsorship	3951.00
Nominating Convention/Registration	3725.00
Other Events/income	2015.82
Postage/Reimbursement	120.00
Refund	852.59
Total Income	53639.32
Expenses
2004 Bad Debt Settlement	303.72
2005 Picnic/expense	287.50
Advertising	30.00
Bank Charges/expense	599.62
Rent	2664.00
Phone/FAX/Internet	1013.91
Online/Internet Service	1400.00
Membership Fees	100.00
Liability Insurance	930.00
Computer	996.89
Call for Membership/expense	524.23
Consulting/Contract Work	10800.00
Fundraisers/expense	550.00
Honors Banquet/Expense	8739.53
Licenses and Fees	10.00
Maps/Research	6850.00
Miscellaneous	40.00
Newsletter/expense	1253.43
Nominating Convention /expense	5132.17
Office Supplies	1269.81
Other Events	637.86
Other Events/expense	5452.81
Other Supplies	425.55
Postage	100.00
Storage of Files	235.00
Tee Shirts n Stickers/expense	1103.51
Translation Service	133.28
Total Expenses	51582.82
Balance	2056.50

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This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include stories that focus on current technologies or innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or economic trends, or make predictions for your customers or clients.
If the newsletter is distributed internally, you might comment upon new procedures or improvements to the business. Sales figures or earnings will show how your business is growing.
Some newsletters include a column that is updated every issue, for instance, an advice column, a book review, a letter from the president, or an editorial. You can also profile new employees or top customers or vendors.

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