Mark Greene for Council Campaign Committee

 

Website: http://brandnewelections.us

 

Blog (Northern Pacific Report): http://commonsnorth.blogspot.com

 

I announced my candidacy for the Newcastle City Council on December 10, 2012 through my blog, Northern Pacific Report, under the blog post, "Officially Running."  As a citizen of Newcastle and a candidate, I have promised never to support merging Newcastle with Bellevue -- or any other city.  This is the Anti-annexation stance that I have maintained ever since this issue came up at the September 4th, 2012 Council Meeting.  The importance of keeping our unique stature as a city is a major reason of why I decided to run, though not the only.  If elected to the council this year, I will focus on infrastructure, safety and environmental issues.  I will probably be better schooled on city issues than any non-incumbent running for council this year since I have attended about 80% of all council, planning and park commission meetings since Labor Day (the unofficial end of summer).  My experience includes a college degree (majoring in a legal assistant program), decades of experience as a political activist, including running political organizations, the Party of Commons and Democracy In Election Process, which helps citizens with voting registration and anyone with information about civic affairs and general law, and I am a capacious reader of political, historical, and environmental books.  I am presently self-employed or temporarily contracted as a legal assistant, and also keep busy running my non-profit organizations (Party of Commons and Democracy In Election Process).

-- Mark Greene