Choose an Effective City Council records, 1967-1976 (bulk 1970-1974).

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Choose an Effective City Council records, 1967-1976 (bulk 1970-1974).

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Minutes, correspondence, campaign expense reports, resumes, financial records, reports, candidate questionnaires, committee files, ballots, membership records, and clippings, 1967-1976. Materials related to issues in which CHECC involved itself during that period, including campaign finance and licensing reform, are located primarily in the Subject Series and CHECC Committees Subgroups. The collection also contains materials related to the effort to revise Seattle's city charter.

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Hempelmann, John W.

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

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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...

Seattle (Wash.). City Council

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Original city charter established a seven member Common Council; 1890 new city charter created a bi-cameral legislative branch with a nine member Board of Aldermen and 16 member House of Delegates; 1896 charter returned to a single body of 13 members, elected from 11 wards and two at-large; number of council members grew to 18 in 1907; charter amendment in 1910 reduced the number to nine, all elected at large. From the description of Minutes, 1881-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

CHECC on Seattle City Government (Organization)

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