Audience Questions from our Mayor Debate

CityClub's programs always include an audience question&answer period, and it's often the case that there are more audience questions than we have time to ask them. Our mayor debate was no exception. There were many questions about the tunnel, which was no surprise of course. Here's a sampling of some of the other questions that unfortunately didn't get asked during the program.

• Do you have any concrete ideas for increasing diversity and providing affordable housing in newly dense neighborhoods (Ballard, Green Lake, etc)?
• What is your view on the city's efforts to preserve industrial jobs by limiting office and retail development in SoDo/Interbay?
• What are your plans for improving the safety and community value of the North Aurora corridor?
• What would you do differently than Nickels regarding neighborhood planning? What roles should the neighborhoods play? Would we still have urban villages?
• Are you aware of the city's Race&Social Justice Initiative? If so, what do you see in the future for the program?
• What is your vision for the role of the Office of Civil Rights? Are you committed to maintaining the programs and efforts of this department and seeral departmental committees it has developed? (e.g. departmental "change" teams)
• What are the concerns of Nickelsville? How will you as mayor work to address those concerns?
• Given the shortfall of city revenues and the proposed budget cuts for The Seattle Public Library in 2010, how important is it to:
• • maintain hours at current levels
  • improve funding levels for collections which includes public computers
  • and, to restore the capital budget for building maintenance?
• To McGinn: Given your opposition to the waterfront tunnel, what does transportation look like here in 20 years? Specifically, what new/renovated/deleted infrastructure will/will not be in place?

And a few of my favorites, simple and to the point:

• BIKING IN SEATTLE ... WILL IT IMPROVE (All-caps as submitted by asker, no question mark included.)
• What would you do to improve the economy?

Many of these issues will also be addressed by candidates tonight at our City Council debate. Click here to sign up now! Share