DOCSLIB.ORG

Dangerously Divided

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dangerously Divided Dangerously Divided As the United States has become more racially diverse and economic inequality has increased, American politics has also become more clearly divided by race and less clearly divided by class. In this landmark book, Zoltan L. Hajnal draws on sweeping data to assess the political impact of the two most significant demographic trends of the last fifty years. Examining federal and local elections over many decades, as well as policy, Hajnal shows that race – more than class or any other demographic factor – shapes not only how Americans vote but also who wins and who loses when the votes are counted and policies are enacted. America has become a racial democracy, with non-Whites and especially African Americans regularly on the losing side. A close look at trends over time shows that these divisions are worsening, yet also reveals that electing Democrats to office can make democracy more even and ultimately reduce inequality in well-being. Zoltan L. Hajnal is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of the award-winning books White Backlash (with Marisa Abrajano), Why Americans Don’t Join the Party (with Taeku Lee), and America’s Uneven Democracy and has pub- lished op-eds in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He is actively involved in voting rights litigation and local election law reform. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:28:59, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 Dangerously Divided How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics Zoltan L. Hajnal University of California, San Diego Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:28:59, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 University Printing House, Cambridge CB28BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108487009 DOI: 10.1017/9781108765039 © Cambridge University Press 2020 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2020 Printed in the United Kingdom by TJ International Ltd. Padstow Cornwall A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-108-48700-9 Hardback ISBN 978-1-108-71972-8 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:28:59, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 Dangerously Divided As the United States has become more racially diverse and economic inequality has increased, American politics has also become more clearly divided by race and less clearly divided by class. In this landmark book, Zoltan L. Hajnal draws on sweeping data to assess the political impact of the two most significant demographic trends of the last fifty years. Examining federal and local elections over many decades, as well as policy, Hajnal shows that race – more than class or any other demographic factor – shapes not only how Americans vote but also who wins and who loses when the votes are counted and policies are enacted. America has become a racial democracy, with non-Whites and especially African Americans regularly on the losing side. A close look at trends over time shows that these divisions are worsening, yet also reveals that electing Democrats to office can make democracy more even and ultimately reduce inequality in well-being. Zoltan L. Hajnal is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of the award-winning books White Backlash (with Marisa Abrajano), Why Americans Don’t Join the Party (with Taeku Lee), and America’s Uneven Democracy and has pub- lished op-eds in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He is actively involved in voting rights litigation and local election law reform. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:29:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 Dangerously Divided How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics Zoltan L. Hajnal University of California, San Diego Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:29:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 University Printing House, Cambridge CB28BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781108487009 DOI: 10.1017/9781108765039 © Cambridge University Press 2020 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2020 Printed in the United Kingdom by TJ International Ltd. Padstow Cornwall A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-108-48700-9 Hardback ISBN 978-1-108-71972-8 Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:29:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 Dangerously Divided As the United States has become more racially diverse and economic inequality has increased, American politics has also become more clearly divided by race and less clearly divided by class. In this landmark book, Zoltan L. Hajnal draws on sweeping data to assess the political impact of the two most significant demographic trends of the last fifty years. Examining federal and local elections over many decades, as well as policy, Hajnal shows that race – more than class or any other demographic factor – shapes not only how Americans vote but also who wins and who loses when the votes are counted and policies are enacted. America has become a racial democracy, with non-Whites and especially African Americans regularly on the losing side. A close look at trends over time shows that these divisions are worsening, yet also reveals that electing Democrats to office can make democracy more even and ultimately reduce inequality in well-being. Zoltan L. Hajnal is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of the award-winning books White Backlash (with Marisa Abrajano), Why Americans Don’t Join the Party (with Taeku Lee), and America’s Uneven Democracy and has pub- lished op-eds in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He is actively involved in voting rights litigation and local election law reform. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:29:01, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 Dangerously Divided How Race and Class Shape Winning and Losing in American Politics Zoltan L. Hajnal University of California, San Diego Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 8.9.95.224, on 07 Jul 2020 at 14:29:01, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765039 University Printing House, Cambridge CB28BS, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 79 Anson Road, #06–04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Highline Community College Building 8, Student Union Building 2400 S
    Highline Community College Building 8, Student Union Building 2400 S. 240th Street Des Moines, WA 98198 Schedule 2:15 pm Welcome and Introduction, SeaTac Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Bejarano; 2:20 pm Mia Gregerson, House Representative and Mayor, City of SeaTac; Dave Kaplan, Mayor, City of Des Moines; Des Moines Municipal Court Judge Veronica Alicea- Galvan 2:45 pm Comedian John Keister 3:15 pm Judge James Docter, City of Bremerton 3:30 pm Recording Artist Wanz 3:40 pm Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecuting Attorney 4:00 pm Katie Whittier, King County Director for Senator Patty Murray, on behalf of Patty Murray 4:15 pm Comedian Ty Barnett 4:45 pm Norm Rice, President and CEO of the Seattle Foundation, and Former Seattle Mayor 5:00 pm Closing remarks (Schedule subject to change as entertainers are added) Speaker and Entertainer Information Speakers Mia Gregerson http://housedemocrats.wa.gov/roster/rep-mia-gregerson/ http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/index.aspx?page=90 Before being appointed to the House of Representatives in 2013, and selected as Mayor of the City of SeaTac in 2014, Mia served as a council member and deputy mayor for the City of SeaTac. While on the council she served on the executive board of the Puget Sound Regional Council, on the board of directors for Sound Cities Association and on other regional committees. Mia has been a surgical assistant and business manager in the dental field for more than 16 years. She has degrees from Highline Community college and the University of Washington. Dan Satterberg http://www.kingcounty.gov/Prosecutor.aspx A Seattle area native, Dan is a graduate of Highline High school, the University of Washington, and the University of Washington Law School.
    [Show full text]
  • The Dismantling of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2014
    The Dismantling of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2014 by Leanne Kang A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Studies) in the University of Michigan 2015 Doctoral Committee: Professor Jeffrey E. Mirel, Co-Chair Associate Professor Robert B. Bain, Co-Chair Professor Vincent L. Hutchings Associate Professor Vilma M. Mesa Assistant Professor Angeline Spain © Leanne Kang 2015 DEDICATION To my former students. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation was possible due in large part to my adviser, Jeffrey Mirel and his seminal study of the Detroit Public Schools (1907-81). Inspired by The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System—which I title my dissertation after—I decided early in my graduate work to investigate what happened to Detroit’s school system after 1980. Thanks to Jeff’s mentorship, I quickly found a research topic that was deeply meaningful and interesting to the very end. He and his wife, Barbara Mirel, are also patrons of my husband’s music. Jeff was the adviser every graduate student hopes to have. The completion of this dissertation would not have been possible without Bob Bain courageously jumping into the middle of a project. I was so fortunate; Bob is one of the smartest people I have ever met. He modeled a way of thinking that I will take with me for the rest of my career. His feedback on every draft was incredibly insightful—sometimes groundbreaking— helping me see where to go next in the jungle of data and theory. And always, Bob believed in me and this project.
    [Show full text]
  • The Michigan Review
    THE MICHIGAN REviEW THE JOUR NAL OF CAMPUS AF FAirS AT THE UNivERSitY OF MICHIGAN 03.20.07 VOLUME XXV, ISSUE 10 Task Force Holds Features Final Meeting on Examining substance abuse at Day Before Michigan Spring Break P. 3 BY ADAM PAUL, ‘08 HE DIVERSITY BluEPRINTS Task A look at campus TForce, whose creation was announced the bars: why some fail day before winter break, held its final public fo- while others flourish rum the day before spring break. “This is not the ideal day as many have al- ready left for spring break,” said Provost and P. 12 Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Teresa Sullivan to kick off the event. She ran the event with fellow Diversity Blueprints co- chair, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Af- News fairs Lester Monts. “Even though the last forum was on Feb- While Michigan ruary 23, the day before the break, we had a Barricades close off Washington Street for the Arena’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. full list of speakers and a substantial audience,” bans preferences in The local bar faced opposition from the Ann Arbor City Council while planning for this said Sullivan, stressing that each of the four fo- admissions, year’s event. rums was held in an attempt to accommodate Wisconsin goes the greatest number of participants. holisitc with “I don’t see a lot of students here. It’s kind Councilmember, of disappointing; I guess they all left for Spring applications Break,” stated engineering student Darshan Karwat. Karwat explained that he had attended P.
    [Show full text]
  • History of the Central Area
    History of the Central Area Thomas Veith Seattle Historic Preservation Program City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods 2009 Contents The Central Area Defined p. 3 Preliminaries p. 5 Territorial Period: 1853 – 1889 p. 12 Early Urbanization: 1890 – 1918 p. 25 Between the Wars: 1918 – 1940 p. 49 The Years of Transition: 1940 – 1960 p. 53 Period of Turmoil: 1960 - 1980 p. 63 The Central Area Today p. 85 Bibliography p. 89 Appendix A: Landmarks p. 93 The Central Area Defined Unlike some Seattle neighborhoods, the Central Area has never existed as a political entity separate from the City of Seattle. In addition the Central Area‟s development was not part of a unified real state scheme with coordinated public improvements (such as the Mount Baker community). For these reasons, it has never had official boundaries and various writers describe its extent in various ways. Almost all attempts to describe the neighborhood include a core area bounded by Madison Street on the north, Jackson Street on the south, 15th Avenue on the west, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (formerly Empire Way) on the east. In 1975, Nyberg and Steinbrueck identified the eastern boundary of the Central Area as 30th Avenue (more or less), and also included extensions to the north and south of the core area. The extension to the south of Jackson Street was bounded by 30th Avenue (approximately) on the east, Interstate 90 on the south, and the mid-block alley just east of Rainier Avenue South on the west. The extension to the north of Madison Street was bounded on the west by 23rd Avenue, on the east by the Washington Park Arboretum, and extended north to a line just north of East Helen Street marking the boundary between the plats known as the Madison Park Addition and the Hazelwood Addition Supplemental.1 Walt Crowley describes the neighborhood as a “sprawling residential district .
    [Show full text]
  • Recommendations from the Structure Subcommittee
    FINAL REPORT January 29, 2008 Judge Terrence A. Carroll, ret., Chair Bob Boruchowitz, Vice Chair Jenny A. Durkan M. Lorena González Pramila Jayapal Gary Locke Hubert G. Locke Judith Krebs Mike McKay Norman B. Rice Jennifer Shaw Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................i Background ..............................................................1 General Bases of Recommendations ....................4 Recommendations Accountability & Public Confidence ....................5 Independence ...................................................10 Professional Conduct .......................................11 Transparency ....................................................12 Conclusion .............................................................14 Appendices 2007 Police Accountability Review Panel Biographies ................................15 Materials Provided to the Police Accountability Review Panel ..................19 Executive Summary Public safety is paramount to the effective functioning of a civil society. Seattle is fortunate that its neighborhoods and communities enjoy a relatively high degree of safety and stability. The Panel recognizes that this is due, in large part, to the dedication of Seattle police officers. The majority of these officers work day in and day out, forging bonds with residents and successfully improving communities in which they serve. Most are rarely subject to any form of disciplinary complaint. Similarly, the Panel recognizes the work of the current and former Office
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Transcript
    VOTERS-2018/11/01 1 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION FALK AUDITORIUM THE ROLE OF MINORITY VOTERS IN THE 2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS Washington, D.C. Thursday, November 1, 2018 Introduction: NICOL TURNER LEE Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation The Brookings Institution Panel Discussion: FREDRICK HARRIS, Moderator Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution Dean of Social Science and Professor of Political Science, Columbia University KIMBERLY ATKINS Washington Bureau Chief The Boston Herald CHRISTINE CHEN Executive Director APIAVote MICHAEL FAUNTROY Associate Professor, Political Science Howard University * * * * * ANDERSON COURT REPORTING 500 Montgomery Street, Suite 400 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone (703) 519-7180 Fax (703) 519-7190 VOTERS-2018/11/01 2 P R O C E E D I N G S DR. LEE: Good afternoon. We want to welcome everybody here who is here at the Brookings Institution with us this afternoon, as well as those of you who are watching us in C-SPAN, who is kindly covering this event this afternoon. I have the pleasure of, for those of you who know me, not sitting on this panel, but actually being someone who is interested in the topic. My name is Dr. Nicol Turner Lee. I am a fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation which sits in our Governance Studies department here at Brookings. But I have this great honor to introduce the moderator for today's event, which is going to address the role of minority voters in the midterms, which cannot be much more of a timely topic today than ever before. Dr. Fred Harris is a nonresident fellow here at Brookings, but he is also most importantly the dean of social science and professor of political science at Columbia University.
    [Show full text]
  • Résumé, Winter, 1986, Volume 17, Issue 02 Alumni Association, WWU
    Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications Winter 1986 Résumé, Winter, 1986, Volume 17, Issue 02 Alumni Association, WWU Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Alumni Association, WWU, "Résumé, Winter, 1986, Volume 17, Issue 02" (1986). Western Reports and Résumé. 202. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/202 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University Western s women’s basketball team goes to nationals! See story on page 6. Winter 1986 VOL. 17, NO. 1 A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University Rare books on Jefferson donated to Wilson Library rare set of books on the writings of Thomas Jefferson has been given Ato ther Western’s Wilson Library by Mr. and Mrs. Tim Block of Seattle and Bainbridge Island. The Works of Thomas Jefferson, set number 41 of a limited and signed version of 1,000, was edited by Paul Leicester Ford and published as the Federal Edition by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1904 and 1905. This particular edition of Jefferson’s works is noted as being extremely accurate In an age when editorial accuracy was not always prized. The gift was given in the memory of Anne Stewart Kelley, a journalism graduate of the University of Washington, who wrote for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine.
    [Show full text]
  • Supreme Court of the State of Washington Yes For
    SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON YES FOR EARLY SUCCESS, a non-profit cotporation, LAURA CHANDLER,~dBARBARAFLYE Petitioners, vs. CITY OF SEATTLE ~d KING COUNTY, Respondents. PETITION FOR REVIEW SMITH & LOWNEY, PLLC By: Knoll D. Lowney WSBA No. 23457 Claire Tonry WSBA No. 44497 2317 East John Street Seattle WA 98112-5412 (206) 860-2883 Attorneys for Petitioners Barbara Flye ~d Laura Chandler TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... ! II. IDENTITY OF PETITIONERS ........................................... .4 III. COURT OF APPEALS' PUBLISHED DECISION .............. .4 IV. ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW ................................... 5 V. STATEMENT OF THE CASE ............................................... 6 VI. ARGUMENT WHY REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED .... 9 1. This Court should accept review under RAP 13.4(b)(3) and (4) because the published opinion invalidates the initiative right in the City of Seattle and jeopardizes that right for 1.5 million residents of first-class cities ......................................... 9 a. First-class cities operating under charter are entitled to the same rights of direct democracy as other cities ..................................... .11 b. The recodification of a ballot title statute cannot justifY stripping voters of their rights and invalidating a City Charter................... 13 c. By invalidating the Charter's initiative process, but providing no replacement, the published opinion will lead to unending litigation .................. 16 2. Review is necessary under RAP 13.4(b)(3) to protect fundamental rights under the United States Constitution ............................................. 17 11 3. Review is necessary to protect the charters of first-class cities from unintentional preemption ..................................................... 19 4. Review is necessary to restore the right to bring an independent cause of action under the Open Public Meetings Act.
    [Show full text]
  • 2004-03-14 Po
    Your hometown newspaper serving Plymouth and Plymouth Township for 118 Award-winning v k years newspaper V S I f \ 4 PLYMOUTH i n n ) SUNDAY March 14,2004 0 b s m r c r 75 cents Volume 118 Number 58 www.hom etownlife.com © 2004 Hometown Communications Network Win a $ 5 0 0 Fanner Jack W itness pleads guilty to obstruction shopping spree See page B3 for details BYTONYBRUSCATO dog handler that she planted evidence m including obstruction of justice and home Prosecutors in the case didn’t STAFF WRITER his case, among others, will get him a making false statements to federal use the hacksaw blade as evidence n ew trial agents because the blood on it didn’t match the A Plymouth man convicted in the The U S Justice Department In one of those cases, Anderson is blood ofTVacy Islam, som e of which was December 1999 murder and dismember­ announced that Sandra Anderson, 43, of accused of planting a hacksaw blade found by Anderson’s dog Eagle m the ment of his estranged wife is hopeful the Midland pleaded guilty to five o f 10 with blood on it m the basement during Pipeline admission by an internationally known felonies in an August indictment, a search of Azizul Islam’s Roe Street PLEASE SEE W IT N ES S , A 5 42nd Street The Park Players pres­ ent 42nd Street, featur­ Prose lawsuit hits ing a cast of some 60 actors, dancers and singers, March 25-27 in the Gloria Logan audito­ rium in Salem High fed appeals court School.
    [Show full text]
  • Real E-State ©2008 an Electronic Newsletter for Real Estate Professionals
    October 2008 Vol. 5 Issue 4 Real e-State ©2008 An electronic newsletter for real estate professionals From the desk of: CITY OF DETROIT MAYORAL The Real e-ditor RACE: WHO'S WHO Time for a short rewind: BY: LINDSAY A. JERABEK Barack Obama is nominated as the first-ever African Ameri- can major party candidate for President of the United States, Eighteen candidates will com- election November 4, and he leads in the polls. pete to fill the remainder of Kwame 2008. Former Wayne Kilpatrick's abbreviated second term in County administrator. Congress approves $85 Billion bailout of AIG. office as the Mayor of the City of De- 158 year old investment bank, Lehman Brothers, files for troit. The term ends on December 31, Freman Hendrix 2009. Following the February 24, 2009 Bankruptcy falling victim to sub-prime crisis. Age 58. Former dep- primary, the two top-voted candidates uty mayor. Chief of Financial markets meltdown results in passage of a $700 will advance to the May 5, 2009 special government relations Billion Wall Street rescue package. election. On the heels of the tumultu- at Eastern Michigan ous Kilpatrick administration, and de- Sarah Palin is nominated as the first-ever female Republican University. Received spite a price tag of approximately $3 Vice Presidential candidate. more votes than the million, the Detroit City Council voted incumbent Kilpatrick in unanimously to hold this special elec- General Motors in merger talks with Chrysler; CEO says the 2005 mayoral pri- bankruptcy is not an option. tion.1 No matter what the result is, mary, but finished sec- these candidates might not want to ond to Kilpatrick in the Federal government will spend $125 Billion to partially nation- hang up their campaigning hats in May, runoff.
    [Show full text]
  • United States
    United States US Senator Education: Warren received a Navy scholarship to and graduated from Oregon State University in Chemical Engineering. Before college he was a national guards- man and after graduation served eighteen years as a commissioned naval officer and received training in nuclear - biological - chemical defense and deep sea diving. Occupation: Warren commercially fished for salmon in Washington and Alaska for forty plus years and currently is working as a casual longshoreman at the Tacoma and Seattle ports. Professional Qualifications: Warren’s military service, mental and physical strengths, life experiences, hard work. Plus willingness to accept difficult tasks qualifies him to meet the challenges of this office. Personal Information: Warren is a single man of excellent health with an active Warren E. Hanson mind, spirit and body. He is the father of three healthy daughters with two excellent Democratic sons-in-laws, three grandchildren and one additional young lady, a mother of four, PMB 444 who is like a fourth daughter. 4320 196th St SW Community Involvement: Warren has served in many church capacities, as a Red Cross Board Member and is a frequent blood donor. Lynnwood, WA 98036 Personal Views: Warren will work forcefully to secure our boarders, to drastically (425) 418-2736 reduce illegals, to be more selective in legal entries and to solve the many problems that interfere with a good life for all citizen Americans. Education: Occupation: Professional Qualifications: Personal Information: Community Involvement: Personal Views: Washington state is a great place to live and raise a family. We must preserve and build on the things that make us strong.
    [Show full text]
  • 145 Million Seattle Housing Levy on November Ballot
    A PUBLICATION OF THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE J U LY 2 0 0 9 INSIDE $145 Million Seattle Housing Seattle 3 Housing Levy Levy on November Ballot 2009 Legislative 4 Update By Sharon Lee or homelessness because of economic condi- On June 15 the Seattle City Council voted tions would also be able to access temporary Congress Passes unanimously to place a $145 million housing and short-term rental assistance. 5 HEARTH Act levy on the November ballot with the goal of Mayor Nickels proposed his levy package producing 1,670 rental units and 180 home to City Council after receiving recommenda- HUD FY ownership units for low-income families and tions from a citizen’s advisory committee 6 2010 Budget individuals. The city’s current $86 million co-chaired by former mayors Norm Rice and property-tax levy for housing, passed in 2002, Charles Royer. The advisory committee had Housing Renovation expires at the end of this year. originally recommended a larger levy at $167 7 & Green Jobs Program In May, Mayor Greg Nickels announced million, but this was cut back by the mayor. his proposal to renew Seattle’s housing levy. During testimony before City Council, Adams Square Family He proposed a seven-year, $145 million housing advocates including the Seattle/ Center in Tacoma 8 package that would go toward building and King County Coalition for the Homeless preserving affordable housing in the city for (SKCCH), Displacement Coalition, Low City Club of Seattle Income Housing Institute, Real Change and Hosts Forum renters and first-time home buyers.
    [Show full text]