Margaret Pageler | |
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President of the Seattle City Council | |
In office January 3, 2000 –January 3, 2002 | |
Preceded by | Sue Donaldson |
Succeeded by | Peter Steinbrueck |
Member of the Seattle City Council for Position 5 | |
In office January 3,1992 –January 5,2004 | |
Preceded by | Paul Kraabel |
Succeeded by | Tom Rasmussen |
Personal details | |
Born | November 16,1940 Honan,China |
Residence | Seattle,Washington |
Education | Wheaton College (BA) Northern Illinois University (MA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Margaret Pageler is a former Seattle City Council member in Position 5 from 1992 until 2004.
Pageler was born in rural China to missionary parents. She stayed in China and Taiwan until her teens. [1] [2] [3]
Pageler would attend multiple schools in Illinois for college;Wheaton College for her bachelor's degree in Social Studies,Northern Illinois University for her master's in school administration,and the University of Chicago Law School. [4]
Pageler was a former schoolteacher, [1] and after law school,she worked at the law firm Stoel Rives. [3]
Pageler unsuccessfully ran for city council three times in the 1980s under the progressive neighborhood group Vision Seattle. [1] [3] In 1991,she ran for city council to fill the seat vacated by Paul Kraabel,who was retiring. In the general election,Pageler would win with 57% of the vote to opponent,R.P. (Dick) Nelson,43%. [5]
In 1995,Pageler ran for reelection against perennial candidate Charlie Chong. Pageler would win in a landslide against Chong,69% to 31%. [5]
In 1999,Pageler ran for a third term against three challengers. In the September Primary,she won an outright majority with 58% of the vote,and her nearest challenger,Curt Firestone,received 23% of the vote. [6] Firestone,co-founder of the Seattle Progressive Coalition and a leader of the Seattle Green Party,ran to the left of Pageler and accused her of moving away from the progressive values of her 1991 campaign. [1] Pageler would tout her accomplishments on the city council and her ability to make things work. [1] In the November general election,Pageler won reelection against Firestone,67% to 33%. [5]
In 2003,Pageler ran for a fourth term and would face against five challengers. In the September primary,Pageler would garner 39% of the vote with Tom Rasmussen,an advocate for senior citizens, [7] garnering 25%. [8] Pageler ran as a "rock" and "voice of reason" stating,"I'm the one who opposes silly resolutions and stays out of all the scandals," (referring to the Strippergate Scandal.) [7] Rasmussen blamed Pageler for the financial crisis facing Seattle City Light since she oversaw the agency in city council. [7] In the November general election,Pageler lost to Rasmussen,48% to 52%. [5]
While in office,Pageler chaired the Public Safety Committee and the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee. [3] From 2000 to 2001,Pageler was president of the city council. [3]
While chair of the Utilities and Environmental Management Committee,Pageler oversaw Seattle City Light,and decisions made by Paegler,the council,and City Light increased the debt for City Light,contributing to a financial crisis that increased rates for customers. [9] [7] Auditors would blame the council's decisions not to increase rates during the 1990s while increasing City Lights debt financing. [10]
Although she initially ran for city council as a progressive,Pageler governed more as a conservative. [11] [9] She supported bills such as the Teen Dance Ordinance, [9] "civility" ordinances proposed by the city attorney, [1] and propose legislation that would have created a "4-foot rule" around exotic dancers and customers. [12]
In 1999,before the city council elections,Pageler was the voice of a City Light radio advertisement and the Director of the Seattle Ethics Elections Commission concluded that the ad may have inadvertently violated election laws. [7] Pageler reimbursed the city $2,000 for the ad,and the Ethics and Elections Commission dismissed the complaint. [7]
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