Your last chance to vote is today and tomorrow so get your ballots in the mail and make your voice heard. Even if you’ve been burnt by national elections in the past, voting on the state and county levels is crucial to making a real impact.

For those of you following The Melon, we’ve done a lot of work in Pierce County writing and interviewing for the election. You can find all of our great interviews with candidates and advocates as well as links to articles in our:

2009 Election Headquarters

Here are some direct links to articles:

• -Eight Years Is Enough – Reject Amendment 1 by New Takhoman
• -My Positions 2009 by Chris Van Vechten
• -Interview with Paul Jacob, Krist Novoselic and Kelly Haughton on RCV and Reject All Three
• -Interviews with all Pierce County Candidates (excluding the Port)

The Melon is your election headquarters for Tacoma’s 2009 ballot.  We’re pleased to announce our complete set of interviews for every race in the entire city (well…with exception to the Port). Now you can look past the dry ballot statements and get a real flavor for our candidates by listening to our extensive, exclusive and dare I say, extreme candidate interviews. We’ve interviewed the Mayoral candidates, all of the City Council candidates and the School Board candidates.

Take the time to make the most educated choice come November by informing yourself:

ELECTION 2009 PAGE

You can thank us later

Jerry Thorpe is one of two candidates running for Connie Rickman’s seat in the Tacoma School Board. With a history as a teacher and Port Commissioner, Jerry Thorpe wants to see Tacoma schools to start refocusing on serious education.

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A couple of weeks ago The Melon sat down at Forza Coffee Co. with City Council At Large candidate, Victoria Woodards.  Victoria has been a member of the Metro Parks board since 2004 and is the current board President.

Victoria is running on a platform of creating opportunities for families and businesses, maintaining infrastructure and making our city government more responsive and efficient.

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Find out more at http://woodards4tacomacitycouncil.blogspot.com/.

This election, The Melon is your headquarters for interviews, information and updates. The Melonites will be working hard up through November to meet and better understand the candidates in every race possible. Look within the Inner Melon (on the upper right hand side of The Melon’s homepage) for a direct link to our 2009 Election Center where we’ll compile all of our interviews and information.

Let The Melon be your guide to Election 2009.

Already interviewed - Tacoma Mayoral Candidates

√Marilyn Strickland

√Jim Merritt

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