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JUNE 22, 2022
VOL. 103, NO. 24
FEATURED STORIES
Primary race for new District 36 state Rep offers a crowded field
RECOGNITION
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
The 2022 primary election for District 36 state representative position 1 this August features a crowded field of candidates that voters will have to whittle down in a critical race. Candidates Elizabeth Tyler Crone, Jeff Manson, Julia Reed, Nicole Gomez and Waylon Robert are all running for the legislative seat currently held by Rep. Noel Frame, who is running to replace District 36 Sen. Reuven Carlyle after he announced he would not seek reelection. At a June 15 forum hosted by the Queen Anne and Magnolia community councils, the candidates answered a series of questions ranging from school funding to infrastructure priorities to help local residents decide. [The following are excerpts of candidates’ responses edited to summarize some of the key points made during the forum.] What is your plan for meeting the state’s obligation to provide high-quality education for all students? Crone: “... There is a particular moment in which our schools right now need a cheerleader. When I’ve talked to PTAs, principals, parents, teachers across our district they want full funding now. ... The way that I’m going to achieve this is 1. by being a champion and being relentless and 2. working to close corporate loopholes; 3. thinking about ... it’s time for an income tax so that we become the least not the most regressive state in this country in terms of how we have income...” Manson: “This last legislative session we did get some additional funding COLA for teachers and also some more funding for counselors, nurses and some other staff positions, which is good, but I think it’s just the first step in the right direction. Our state constitution says that it’s a paramount duty of the state for a good reason, that we have to be able to educate our children first because it’s the morally right thing to do, but also they’re the economy of the future and the citizens of the future, so we need to increase funding more ... we need to do that with progressive revenue sources.”
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Elizabeth Tyler Crone
Nicole Gomez
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Jeff Manson About the candidates Tyler Crone Crone lives in Queen Anne with her husband and three children. She graduated from Brown before earning her masters degree in public health from Columbia and then attended Yale Law School. She also Reed: “... I think one of the things we most need in our school system especially is a renewed investment in workforce development and career and technical education and pathways to help young people connect to work after school while they’re still in school. ... I think we need to be thinking how we are helping young people reengage in school, and a critical part of that is increasing their access to handson learning. So, as someone who’s worked in workforce development and youth apprenticeship development for a lot of my career, that’s something I really want to invest in when it comes to
Julia Reed completed an NIMH postdoctoral fellowship through the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at the Yale University School of Medicine. Her background is in global public health. To learn more about Crone, visit her website,
SEE CANDIDATES, PAGE 2 thinking about fully funding our schools...” What’s your vision for the ideal tax and revenue structure for Washington state? Robert: “It’s critical, one, that we have a tax structure that works for working families ... and so to me that means that I would support an income tax. I do support the capital gains tax, however I think that we need to lower our sales and property tax.” Gomez: “... So, essentially the tax that I would also support would be an income tax if that were to come before us ... as well as a tax on an excess of wealth. ... That is something that I am
Waylon Robert committed to as well as any other things that would guarantee getting more money into the pockets of working people. Crone: “... My vision for an ideal tax and revenue structure in our state would be an income tax. ... I see an avenue and have been listening to and learning from Reuven Carlyle about how we can bring in the revenue we need to fund our obligations such as our first question, excellent, excellent public schools and the services and the safety nets that our most vulnerable among us...” What are your priorities for infrastructure in Washington state and the 36th District? Manson: Well, in the 36th District, I would be remiss if I didn’t first mention the Magnolia bridge. ... We need to replace it with something similar or exactly what we have there right now. ... The Ballard bridge is a particularly old bridge and also needs to be replaced or fixed in the coming years. I think those are the most emergent issues for the 36th district in the coming years, but generally speaking, we need more
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