Published: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Candidates vie for spots on port, court
Five people filed for each position during a special filing period for the general election in the fall.
EVERETT — A special filing period for the general election wrapped up Friday for two positions up for grabs in Snohomish County.
Five men are vying for a vacant seat on the Snohomish County Superior Court bench. Five men are running for an open seat with the Everett Port Commission.
The judge seat was left open with the retirement of Judge James Allendoerfer. The longtime jurist retired July 15 to battle brain cancer. Allendoerfer, 66, died two weeks later.
Gov. Chris Gregoire opted not to appoint anyone to the position during the short period before the election.
A special three-day filing period was open the day after Tuesday’s primary election and closed Friday afternoon. All the candidates will be on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election.
The following Superior Court judge candidates were listed on the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office:
Former Superior Court Judge David Hulbert; Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Scott Lord; and Everett attorneys Scott Peterson, Rico Tessandore and Joe Wilson.
A range of candidates stepped up for Everett Port Commission to run for the remaining two years of the unexpired term of Connie Niva, who stepped down after buying a new home outside the port district.
Included in the group is a former commissioner from the 1970s, a business consultant, a retired labor official and a retired owner of a computer firm.
The candidates listed by the auditor’s office include:
Sean Edwards, David Mascarenas, Fred Taucher and Mark Wolken, all of Everett.
Tom Stiger, also of Everett, told The Herald he had filed for the office, but he was not listed on the auditor’s Web site. The office closed immediately after filing was over at 4 p.m. Friday and it was not clear whether Stiger’s absence from the list was an error.
Mascarenas, a port critic and former labor official, said he was running because “I can trust myself to do what I say I’m going to do.
“I have so many issues with the port the only way to get them out is to run,” he added.
Taucher, who lost to Niva during her run for the District 2 post in 2005, is the former owner of Corporate Computer Inc. of Seattle. He wanted to boost business at the port and also recommended establishing a cruise ship terminal at the port.
Wolken owns a business consulting firm and most recently was a member of a port committee charged with studying how to do a better job with real estate holdings. He said his 30 years of experience with government and economic development would be an asset.
Stiger, who was port commission president in 1972, is a small business partner who cited experience in longshore work, commercial fishing and working in waterfront timber mills.
Edwards was not reached for information.
Also in the November election will be a District 1 port race between Mark Olson and Troy McClelland. Neither are incumbents, so the three-member commission will have two new members to start the new year.
Five men are vying for a vacant seat on the Snohomish County Superior Court bench. Five men are running for an open seat with the Everett Port Commission.
The judge seat was left open with the retirement of Judge James Allendoerfer. The longtime jurist retired July 15 to battle brain cancer. Allendoerfer, 66, died two weeks later.
Gov. Chris Gregoire opted not to appoint anyone to the position during the short period before the election.
A special three-day filing period was open the day after Tuesday’s primary election and closed Friday afternoon. All the candidates will be on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election.
The following Superior Court judge candidates were listed on the Snohomish County Auditor’s Office:
Former Superior Court Judge David Hulbert; Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Scott Lord; and Everett attorneys Scott Peterson, Rico Tessandore and Joe Wilson.
A range of candidates stepped up for Everett Port Commission to run for the remaining two years of the unexpired term of Connie Niva, who stepped down after buying a new home outside the port district.
Included in the group is a former commissioner from the 1970s, a business consultant, a retired labor official and a retired owner of a computer firm.
The candidates listed by the auditor’s office include:
Sean Edwards, David Mascarenas, Fred Taucher and Mark Wolken, all of Everett.
Tom Stiger, also of Everett, told The Herald he had filed for the office, but he was not listed on the auditor’s Web site. The office closed immediately after filing was over at 4 p.m. Friday and it was not clear whether Stiger’s absence from the list was an error.
Mascarenas, a port critic and former labor official, said he was running because “I can trust myself to do what I say I’m going to do.
“I have so many issues with the port the only way to get them out is to run,” he added.
Taucher, who lost to Niva during her run for the District 2 post in 2005, is the former owner of Corporate Computer Inc. of Seattle. He wanted to boost business at the port and also recommended establishing a cruise ship terminal at the port.
Wolken owns a business consulting firm and most recently was a member of a port committee charged with studying how to do a better job with real estate holdings. He said his 30 years of experience with government and economic development would be an asset.
Stiger, who was port commission president in 1972, is a small business partner who cited experience in longshore work, commercial fishing and working in waterfront timber mills.
Edwards was not reached for information.
Also in the November election will be a District 1 port race between Mark Olson and Troy McClelland. Neither are incumbents, so the three-member commission will have two new members to start the new year.
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