Maggie Fimia, Deputy Mayor of the City of Shoreline, announced April 9 that she will seek re-election to the Shoreline City Council. Her seat and two others are up for election November 6, 2007. There are seven seats on the council.
Fimia, a transit advocate, fiscal watchdog and policy analyst, hopes to continue working on directing more resources and decision making to the neighborhoods.
“A healthy city is really a collection of healthy neighborhoods,” Fimia said. “I want to help implement all of our progressive and sensible goals, such as providing transportation options that support our land uses and make it easier to leave the car at home. We need more alternatives such as walking, biking, rapid regional and local bus service, and community shuttles in the next three years, not the next 30,” Fimia said.
“In addition, I want to work with the council and community to establish a citywide volunteer hot line, implement strong anti-litter and anti-graffiti programs, and create a Citizenship Center and library at the new City Hall/Civic Center site. Volunteers, especially young people, should be encouraged to help create and run these important projects,” Fimia added.
Fimia has received endorsements from Democrats, Republicans and Independents for re-election to the non-partisan seat. In addition, she has received support from environmentalists, small business and neighborhood leaders.
Attorney General Rob McKenna, state Representative Maralyn Chase, King County Councilman Bob Ferguson, Seattle City Councilman Nick Licata, Shoreline City Councilmembers Cindy Ryu and Janet Way, along with other elected officials, have endorsed her re-election bid. Wendy DiPeso, former Chair of Sustainable Shoreline, is the campaign treasurer.
Fimia, a former registered nurse and childbirth teacher, received her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Washington. She was a founding member of the Westminster Triangle Neighborhood Network, and served on the Shoreline Governance Committee and Metro Council as an appointee in the early 1990s.
Fimia was elected to two four-year terms on the King County Council from District One between 1994 and 2001. She has served on the Shoreline City Council since 2004.
A founding member of Sustainable Shoreline, Fimia is also a co-chair of the Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives (CETA), and a member of the Shoreline Chamber of Commerce and Shoreline Historical Museum. She is a precinct committee officer for the 32nd District Democrats.
Fimia has lived in Shoreline since 1988 with her husband, Donald Moe, a family physician in Edmonds. They have two grown daughters, Chelsea and Christine, both graduates of Shorewood High School.
Her campaign kick-off will be Sunday, April 15, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Nara’s Bistro, 15033 Aurora Ave. N (just south of McDonalds). The public is invited.
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