Legislative District town-hall events Saturday in 1st, 21st, 32nd districts

Legislators from the 1st, 21st and 32nd districts will play host to town-hall meetings Saturday.

State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe and Reps. Luis Moscoso and Derek Stanford will meet 1st Legislative District constituents from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Northshore Senior Center in the Wellness Center. The address is 10212 East Riverside Drive, Bothell.

The 1st district includes most of Mountlake Terrace, all of Brier and Bothell, part of rural Snohomish County north and east of Bothell, part of Kirkland and unincorporated areas of King County between Bothell and Kirkland.

Democratic State Sen. Marko Liias and Reps. Lillian Ortiz-Self and Strom Peterson will speak to 21st District constituents at the Great Hall at Meadowdale High School, 6002 168th St. S.W., Lynnwood, from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. It is their second town-hall event of the week following a telephone meeting Wednesday.

The 21st District includes most of Edmonds, unincorporated areas north of Edmonds and Lynnwood and northeast of Lynnwood, all of Mukilteo and part of south Everett.

State Sen. Maralyn Chase and Rep. Cindy Ryu will hold a town-hall meeting from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Shoreline Fire Department at 17525 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline.

Chase and Ryu represent the 32nd District, including Lynnwood, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of southwest Snohomish County, parts of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace, the City of Shoreline and part of northwest Seattle.

The other 32nd District representative, Ruth Kagi, held her own town-hall event in February.

The legislators say that the meetings will include an update of legislative action during the session along with questions and answers to constituents’ concerns.

In announcing the 1st Legislative District Saturday event in Bothell, McAuliffe said, “Constituent engagement and participation is the most important part of the legislative process. I look forward to hearing my neighbors’ voice about the issues that matter most to them.”

Moscoso added, “As we enter the second half of the legislative session, we look forward to the opportunity to hear from our constituents about the issues that are important to them.”

Stanford noted the coming deadline for both the House and the Senate to consider bills offered by their own members.

“House-of-origin cutoff on Wednesday marks the halfway point in this year’s legislative session,” Stanford said. “It gives us a great opportunity to step back, evaluate the work we’ve done so far and determine our priorities for the second half of this important session. I hope our constituents come to the town hall to share their thoughts, concerns and ideas with us — without their feedback, our jobs are impossible.”

In announcing the Saturday event in Shoreline. 32nd District Democratic Sen. Chase said, “These kinds of meetings are terrific venues for candid discussions of the issues and priorities important to the 32nd District and our state,” adding, “With the 2015 legislative session underway, we can discuss the critical issues that we are facing in Olympia.”

Democratic 1st District State Rep. Moscoso is vice chairman of the House Transportation Committee and a member of the Community Development Committee, the Public Safety Committee, and the committee on housing and tribal affairs.

Democratic 1st Legislative District Stanford is vice chairman of the Capital Budget Committee, and a member of the committee on agriculture and natural resources, and the committee on business and financial services.

Democratic 32nd District Rep. Ryu is deputy majority whip in the State House of Representatives. She also is vice chairwoman of the committee on business and financial services and a member of the Rules Committee, the Finance Committee and the committee on technology and economic development.

Democratic 21st District Rep. Ortiz-Self is vice chairwoman of the House Education Committee, a member of the Transportation Committee and a member of the committee on early learning and human services.

Democrat Peterson is vice chairman of the Environment Committee and a member of the Capital Budget and Local Government committees.

In the Republican-controled Senate, Democrat Liias is ranking minority member of the committee on government operations and state security, assistant ranking member of the Transportation Committee and a member of the Higher Education Committee.

Democratic 1st Legislative District Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe is Democratic caucus vice chairwoman. She is ranking minority member of the Senate committee on early learning and K-12 education and a member of the committee on natural resources and parks.

Democrat Chase is ranking minority member of the committee on trade and economic development. She also is a member of the Rules Committee, and the committee on natural resources and parks.

Democratic 21st District Sen. Liias is ranking minority member of the committee on government operations and state security, assistant ranking member of the Transportation Committee and a member of the Higher Education Committee.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.