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Residents speak out on election issues ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
The Redmond Senior Center’s parking lot got tons of action on Tuesday. It was election day and voters had their last chance to slide their ballots in the drop-off box near the center’s entrance. Some drove up, popped out of their cars and walked briskly toward the box. Others strolled across the City Hall campus lawn toward their destination. The Reporter caught up with a few voters in the 20-something to senior range and asked what got their at-
tention on their ballots. Initiative 517, which concerns initiative and referendum measures, was on Sharon Woolcott’s mind. “I voted against that (Tim) Eyman initiative. I just don’t think that’s a good thing at all,” said the local resident who lives just outside the city limits. “It’s too intrusive and too restrictive for us. It’s gives them (signature collectors) free reign — there’s no way to keep them under control for us. The signature collectors … I’ve met some really nice ones — it’s great, but this is just out of hand.” [ more VOTERS page 8 ]
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Unopposed trio is set to take City Council Girls glean safety tips from police personnel positions SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
On Tuesday night, dozens of young women filed into the Redmond Performing Arts Center at Redmond High School (RHS). As they took their seats in the theater, three women stood on stage, waiting to get things started. Once the teens settled down, the women began their presentation with a short video from “Saturday Night Live.” But rather than discuss acting techniques or the challenges of performing for a live audience — an easy assumption to make about a class taking place in a theater — the trio focused on the video topic, which was about children talking to strangers. This segued into a variety of other topics as detectives Annmarie Fein and Natalie D’amico and neighborhood resource officer Julie Beard of the Redmond Police Department (RPD) led a class on women’s personal safety — specifically tailored toward high school-
Redmond Police Department detective Natalie D’amico discusses safety issues with a group of female students at Redmond High School. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter aged girls. RPD has been offering a women’s personal safety class for a long time. Beard has been
on the force for about 10 years and said the course has been offered since before she was hired. “This is probably one of our
longest-running classes,” she said. Beard said in the past, they have done the class for the Old Firehouse Teen Center, church groups and other community groups but this was the first time they have done anything at the high school. RPD also offers the class to the community at large a few times a year, which brings in 60-70 women. In preparing for the class at RHS, Beard said she and the other instructors focused the curriculum more on types of situations they see at the high school and middle school levels such as domestic violence and what it looks like in younger relationships. “It’s not just an adult problem,” she said. The curriculum also touched on other teen-related issues such as bullying, social media and posting photos on the Internet. These topics are not covered as much in the adult safety class, Beard said. And while RPD’s [ more SAFETY page 8 ]
SAMANTHA PAK spak@redmond-reporter.com
After running unopposed, Redmond City Council candidates Byron Shutz (Position 2), Kim Allen (Position 4) and John Stilin (Position 6) are set to take office. Of the trio, Shutz is the one newcomer to public office. He will replace current City Council President Pat Vache, who will step down at the end of his term in December. As of early Thursday afternoon, Shutz had 99 percent of the vote (4,358), according to King County Elections. The remaining 44 votes — or 1 percent — are write-in votes. In earlier reports, Shutz said he was running for office because he likes the direction the city is going and would like to see that continue. “Redmond is on the way to lots of places now,” he had said. Shutz had also stated that the city is doing a good job of accommodating the growth it is seeing and will see in the future. This will be Allen’s third term on Redmond City Council. According to King County Elections, she had 98.99 percent of the vote (4,398), as of early Thursday afternoon. The remaining 45 [ more ELECTION page 8 ]
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A voter drops off her ballot on Tuesday afternoon at the Redmond Senior Center. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter