Friday, July 24, 2009

2009 Seattle Parks Foundation Questions 2 Goodspaceguy

Message 35 on blog: Our Spaceship Earth

On July 21, 2009,
Goodspaceguy, one of eight 2009 Primary Election candidates for the position of King County Executive, answers the 2009 Seattle and King County Candidate questionnaire of the Seattle Parks Foundation .

Question 1: What are your priorities, especially as they relate to parks and green spaces in Seattle?

Answer: I, Goodspaceguy, want to increase access to the parks by increasing free parking, and I want to increase access by keeping the parks always open, (for example, for lovers and for gay astronomers) and by providing showers for users of the parks.

Question 2: What do you see as the main issues facing Seattle’s parks and green spaces, and what is one innovative idea or change you think would help address these issues?

Answer: Lack of use. I, Goodspaceguy, want more free parking and showers. Sweaty people stink. I, Goodspaceguy, believe that showers would help solve this problem by enabling park users to exercise and then shower themselves promptly clean. Also I would like to establish campgrounds in some of the parks.

Question 3: How would you help preserve public funding for maintenance, improvements and additions to parks and green spaces in Seattle?

Answer: As an accountant and as an economist, I, Goodspaceguy, have been advocating that we un-sabotage our economy so that jobs become plentiful, so that we can create a stable economy of jobs for everyone whom we can coax into the labor exchange market. Also, I, Goodspaceguy, favor job sharing. Also, as an economist, I, Goodspaceguy advocate that we give support to the job-destroying minimum wage by requiring government to hire helpers at the minimum wage to help care for the parks.

Question 4: What is your vision for Seattle’s central waterfront?

Answer: I, Goodspaceguy, want to strengthen and beautify the viable viaduct. Through this process, I, Goodspaceguy, want to greatly increase easy access of the people to the waterfront from downtown. I want to build pedestrian walkways and viewing towers over the viaduct. I, Goodspaceguy, want to add greenery to the viaduct so that when people sail into Seattle from Elliot Bay and see the greenery of the viaduct, they will think, “Ah, this is the beautiful emerald city of Seattle. Seattle is a castle in King County.”
My Goodspaceguy Viaduct Beautification Plan will be much more affordable than the Terribly Depressive Tunnel Plan. We should save taxpayer dollars by stopping the Terrible Tunnel.

Question 5: Please describe any work you’ve done – professional, political or volunteer – related to parks.

Answer: I, Goodspaceguy, as a user of the parks, occasionally pick-up trash in the parks. I carry plastic bags in my van for this purpose.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Goodspaceguy Answers Human Service Questions

Message 34 on blog: Our Spaceship Earth
EASTSIDE HUMAN SERVICES FORUM
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR 2009 EAST KING COUNTY JURISDICTION CANDIDATES
Candidate’s Name: Goodspaceguy
Jurisdiction: a King County Executive candidate, 8 of 8, Date: July 16, 2009

Question 1: Please tell us about your community involvement with human
services.

Goodspaceguy’s Answer: For about 3 years before returning to Washington State, I, Goodspaceguy, worked as an accountant in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the large Hennepin County department that funded agencies in the mental health, mental retardation, and chemical dependencies areas.

Question 2: What do you see as the most pressing human service needs in your community and how do you plan to address those needs? Are these needs different in East King County versus other parts of the County? If so, how?

Goodspaceguy’s Answer: The most pressing human service need is the need for employment, and there is a great need for employment throughout King County. As an economist, I, Goodspaceguy, plan to use the principles of economics to make it easier for everyone whom we can coax into the labor market to find employment. I want to get as many people as possible into the job market, where these people can help produce the goods and the services that will help raise their standard-of-living in our labor exchange market.

Question 3: The current recession has again illustrated how vulnerable the funding mechanisms for human services are. Social service agencies are being required to do more with less, which is an all too familiar pattern and one that prevents us from making the strides we know we’re capable of. What do you see as the responsibilities of your jurisdiction when it comes to sustainable funding for human services? What, if anything, needs to be done differently to strengthen human services funding?

Goodspaceguy’s Answer: In King County, I, Goodspaceguy, as an economist, state that it is the responsibility of King County government to un-sabotage the job market in King County so that everyone who is willing to work can obtain employment. A full-employment local economy provides better funding and more stable funding than our current sabotaged economy. The number of people without jobs indicates the degree of sabotage of the local King County economy. Also many people refuse to support the minimum wage. They refuse to hire unemployed people at the minimum wage.
I, Goodspaceguy, want us to do the things (often unpopular) that are economically necessary to create full-employment and stable, balanced funding. Prices are significantly determined by wages.

Question 4: Given the budget constraints all jurisdictions are experiencing, where do you see human services in the hierarchy of needs? Why?

Goodspaceguy’s answer: To raise the quality-of-life in King County, I, Goodspaceguy, want a balanced economy. There are true human service needs that we need to take care of. We need to look at the whole picture of life-in-King-County to determine to which areas we need to move resources. When not sabotaged, the powerful, competitive free market excels at the achieving of full employment balance in our local economy. Our local governments are responsible for our local economy.

Question 5: Both health and human services are part of our mission. Are you in support of a stable source of long term funding for public health services? If so, what might your strategy look like? If not, please share your thoughts.

Goodspaceguy’s answer: As an economist, it is my (Goodspaceguy’s) goal to raise the quality-of-life in King County. The true funding comes in the form of human labor. (Money is only a symbol.) We have so, so much human labor (funding) which our broken King County region is not using. People are available to work. I want us to use all the labor that we can coax into the sabotaged job market.
Also, audits of agencies receiving county funds should include performance audits. Using the principles of the science of economics, I plan to work to transform King County from a county of unemployment into a jobs-friendly county wherein there will be employment for everyone whom we can coax into the job market. As employment rises, the stability of long-term funding should increase.
Also, since our economy has been sabotaged, we should encourage those people who want to help build up the living-standard to ask for less compensation so that they can get back to work producing the goods and the services that will raise the living-standard. There is much work that needs to be done, but in our sabotaged economy, the compensation asked for has become too, too high.
When profit decreases, people get laid-off and funding decreases. When people restore profit by asking for less, people get hired and funding resumes.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Goodspaceguy's Employment Rhyme

Goodspaceguy's Employment Rhyme
by Goodspaceguy

Message 33 on blog: Our Spaceship Earth
July 12, 2009


The higher the pay,
The fewer the jobs,
The more the crime.

The lower the pay,
The more the jobs,
The lower the crime.

And the more we buy.

Elect Goodspaceguy.

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