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Rep. Reuven Carlyle, serving the 36th District Serving Seattle, including Queen Anne, Magnolia, Ballard, Belltown, Fremont, Greenwood, Phinney Ridge, Blue Ridge, Crown Hill, Lake Union, Loyal Heights and Sunset Hill. |
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As your state representative, my job is to fully engage in the
tough public policy issues facing our community and try and make a
genuine and meaningful difference as your voice in Olympia.
As a husband, father, entrepreneur and citizen legislator, I’m
passionate about unleashing the spirit and possibilities of our state’s
quality of life. I see my fundamental obligation as helping our kids and
economy thrive in a 21st Century global community. I believe we must
have the moral courage to invest in our human capital as well as public
infrastructure. It is time to appreciate and measure the value of an
educated and enlightened society and not simply the cost of the taxes to
support it. I am a passionate, progressive advocate for access to
opportunity so young people can achieve the dream of an education. I
treasure our privacy and constitutional rights.
With one of the most educated, engaged and progressive legislative
districts in the state, I feel a responsibility to tackle serious policy
issues at a systems level and attempt to move beyond tired excuses and
rationalizations.
If you need help navigating your way through the institutional
bureaucracy of state government, please contact me.
If you want to share your views about legislation, policies and issues
(Viaduct, state budget, tuition policies, health care access and
affordability, Seattle Public School challenges, foster care, social
services, transportation infrastructure, Port of Seattle, Seattle Center
and much more), I hope you’ll reach out to me in a thoughtful way.
World-class constituent service is the heart and soul of my work for
you. As the new legislator succeeding Rep. Helen Sommers I’m still
learning the ropes—and I’ll naturally make mistakes—but I hope you’ll
consider my office a resource for help when you’re at your wits end
about something state government has or has not done well.
The 2009 legislative session concluded in late April and we are now on interim break. This means I’m back home in the 36th District full time, continuing my work as an entrepreneur but also staying active and engaged in the community. I devote a lot of time to meeting with citizens to understand the issues we face and prepare for addressing them during the 2010 session.
I remain driven by the challenge of rebuilding our economy with a 21st Century clean energy infrastructure; reforming K-12 and higher education to bring down the counterproductive and inefficient silos in education; contributing to serious “systems” issues of special importance to our district such as tax reform, foster care policies, Viaduct replacement strategy, Seattle Center’s future, tourism policies and much more.
I challenge you to believe in the idealism and dignity of public service
and to join me in a genuine, thoughtful and passionate dialogue about
our state’s future.
Your partner in service,
Sincerely,
Reuven Carlyle