Position 2
Mark Olson, who won his city seat in 2001, is challenged by Charlene Rawson, a grassroots candidate who says she stepped up to the race when no one else did.
“As a member of a neighborhood association, I heard a great deal of frustration,” Rawson said.
Rawson believes the city should focus on “the sleeping giant,” which may come in the form of an energy crisis, a natural disaster or terrorist attack. When it comes, the neighborhoods need to be bonded as urban villages.
Olson believes Everett should continue the path of development.
“Everett is no longer the isolated city it was 37 years ago,” he said. “We are now part of a regional economy.”
Rawson, 52, branch manager at Guaranty Mortgage Co. in Lynnwood, came to Everett in 1998 after owning a small restaurant in rural North Dakota. She grew up in Massachusetts.
Olson, 50, is an attorney and long-time Everett resident.
Position 3
Three years ago, Jackie Minchew, a music teacher at Silver Firs Elementary School, became overwhelmed by the issues facing Everett.
“There’s something else I need to be working on,” Minchew, 56, said.
Now, as a candidate against Arlan Hatloe, a retired businessman who was elected in 2001, Minchew believes the city should reach out to south Everett, where a large portion of the city is not represented.
His larger concern, he said, is energy.
“There are energy realities we’re not prepared for,” he said.
Hatloe, 64, said if he remains in office he’ll maintain the momentum that has put Everett “on the move.”
“Great things have happened in the last four years,” he said.
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