Incumbent council members John Huson, Kevin Daoust, Les Dawson, and Dave Fields have been re-elected. Candidates Claudia Brisendine, Eric Harris, and Rob Morris were also elected. One position will be filled by a write-in candidate, Patrick Seiver.

Responses to the Advisory Survey provide the Area Council information needed to support unincorporated voter interests. A summary of the responses follows. Percentages provided relate to the total votes cast. These results will be shared with your county and state officials. Most people (88%) own their own property and 55% have lived in the area more than 10 years. Privacy, preservation of the environment, and relative freedom are the major reasons for living here. Most (56%) consume products and recycle and most (54%) manage their property--both with the primary goals of preserving the environment. Most (69%) do not want to be annexed to an urban area.

A majority (60%) wish to see the Maple Valley Highway (SR-169) widened to 4 lanes with a 5th turning lane where needed. However, when it comes to how to pay for transportation infrastructure, people are clearly divided: 33% favor a gas tax, 26% favor a vehicle excise tax, and 34% favor a general sales tax.

The survey asked voters to identify, which King County-supplied services they wish to see more, less, or the same. Most wanted to see more: recreational facilities and general road capacity. The majority of the people wanted to see more or the same level of: bus service, park and rides, law enforcement and jails, public health, senior services, domestic violence prevention, protection of air, protection of water, and protection of natural amenities such as wildlife and water bodies. Finally, the majority of the people wanted to see less or the same level of: commuter rail and code enforcement. Interestingly, most people (78% or more) were unwilling to pay more taxes to increase any of these County-supplied services.

People who applied for building permits in 2005 were generally dissatisfied with services provided by the Department of Development & Environmental Services (DDES) and the Health department. This was particularly true for new building as opposed to remodeling. The vast majority (94%) would not hook up to a public water system if it were available and costs would be ~$14,000 for a 5-acre parcel. The vast majority (92%) also does not support metering of private wells. A majority (67%) believes the Critical Areas Ordinances (CAO) are not fair to rural landowners. However, very few people (only 13 of those who voted) developed Rural Stewardship Plans in 2005 to mitigate any impacts or ease any restrictions caused by the CAO.

Responses to questions on the economy are interesting. The majority of people did not feel present regulations encourage businesses to locate in King County (57%); feel incentives should be given to businesses to promote employment (55%); and feel state and local governments should ease regulations to encourage businesses to remain or locate here (59%). However, only 43% feel state and local governments should provide more educational assistance for retraining.

With respect to governance issues, people generally believe King County does not make effective use of its tax revenues (76%), nor does it provide enough data for citizens to accurately assess its performance (61%). Most people (77%) believe King County Departments should be audited by professional outside auditors with local citizen representatives, and nearly as many (69%) believe some, or all, of King County Government should be run by professional managers. Finally, most people (58%) believe some King County services should be subcontracted using a bidding process.

To close out our Advisory Survey we asked residents their feelings on fireworks. A slight majority (51%) does not support any ordinance to ban fireworks in unincorporated King County, with 36% favoring such a ban and 13% undecided.