Choose an Effective City Council (Organization : Seattle, Wash.)

Seattle nonpartisan political reform group.

Choose an Effective City Council (CHECC) was formed on April 24, 1967, by a bipartisan group of young professionals seeking to reform Seattle city government. In response to a growing sentiment that the aging city council did not serve the needs of a rapidly growing urban area, CHECC sought out and endorsed young, progressive activists to run for Seattle City Council seats. In 1970, under the direction of John Hempelmann, CHECC sought to play a role in governmental reform matters beyond the campaign season. It called for certain specific reforms and continued to endorse candidates. By 1977, there was growing sentiment that CHECC had outlived its original purpose. A motion to disband was unsuccessful, however, and the group continued to function through the 1980s as a neighborhood activist group.

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