Candidate questionnaire for 8E05

Before you start

• Deadline: answer by Saturday, October 24 to be listed.
• Everyone who completes it is listed, in alphabetical order, with answers published exactly as you submit them.
• Each answer, including your bio, can be up to 500 characters, or about five sentences.
• Your phone, address, and email stay private. I use them only to confirm you're a real 8E05 resident and to reach you about your listing.
• This questionnaire doesn't make you an official candidate. To be elected, you also need to file the Affirmation of Write-in Candidacy with the Board of Elections by 5 p.m. on November 10. Here's how to file it.

The questions

You'll be asked to confirm that:

• You're a registered DC voter.
• You live in SMD 8E05 and meet the residency requirement.
• You hold no other elected office.
• You can commit at least 10 hours per week to the work of our ANC.
• You have filed, or will file by November 10, the Affirmation of Write-in Candidacy.
• You consent to your answers being published as submitted.

Then you'll answer the seven questions below. You may want to draft your answers first.

FYI: several of these questions draw on what Ward 8 residents said they wanted in A Dream Deserved, the Ward 8 Community Economic Development report, credited to the Ward 8 Community Economic Development Initiative (w8ced.org). This site is not affiliated with W8CED.

1. What will be your top priority for your two-year term?
2. How will you reach neighbors who aren't online or don't come to meetings?
3. A resident has a problem with a 311 request going unaddressed. How do you escalate their concerns with the relevant city agency?
4. A developer proposes a large project at the former UMC site that needs Zoning Commission approval. What do you ask for in a Community Benefits Agreement?
5. Another vehicle collision occurs along Southern Avenue, but neighbors are divided on how to improve traffic safety. How do you work with residents and the city to address the problem?
6. A neighbor says she's about to lose her housing and can't pay for groceries or utilities. What do you do to help?
7. The ANC agrees to budget $1,000 to fund a project in our community. What do you propose?

Answer the unofficial questionnaire online

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Prefer paper or phone?

Contact me here to schedule a time to talk and I'll read you the questions and type your answers. You'll approve the exact text before anything is posted. You can also write down your answers and send me a photo of them.