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COVER LETTER

I am applying for the job of representing the people of Spokane as a City Council member. The key words in that sentence arerepresenting the people.

I believe that very few of the people we’ve elected over the past several years have done that. We still need better-paying jobs, better streets, a diversified and well-trained work force with greater emphasis on high technology fields and the trades.

We need to be more involved with our public educational system. We need an open, inclusive and participatory city government.

For the past two years I’ve dedicated hundreds of hours learning about what the job of a City Council member should be. I’ve served as a volunteer and as a site council president at one of our elementary schools. I’ve sponsored the initiative to elect City Council members by district and coordinated the signature gathering effort to qualify the strong mayor initiative and bridge initiative for the fall ballot.

In the fall of 1998 I demanded the recount of City Council-initiated Proposition 3; successfully reversing the outcome in favor of the citizens of Spokane.

I’ve already started working; help me to continue representing you as your City Council member.

David T. Bray

RESUME DAVID T. BRAY Personal Born April 2, 1947, in Camden, N.J. graduated high school in Tampa, Fla., 1966. Served in U.S. Marines as E-6/staff sergeant and an air traffic controller, 1966-1973 Attended classes at Fullerton Junior College, Fullerton, Ca.; and California. State University, Fullerton as Business Administration major.

Employment Display advertising, Harte-Hanks Communications 1977-1982 Owned small business specializing in home renovations and repairs in California, 1982-1989, and similar business in Spokane, 1989-1993 Licensed Realtor in Spokane, Currently working at Prudential Real Estate, 1993-present

Community activities Sponsored Initiative 98-3 (Election of City Council members by District) to be voted on this November. Successfully led the effort to gather voter signatures and qualify both the Strong Mayor and Lincoln Street Bridge initiatives for November ballot. Member, Spokane Branch of National Associated for Advancement of Colored People, Executive Committee. School volunteer and elementary site council president. Worked with District 81 Superintendent Gary Livingston on communicating district and state teaching and testing practices to parents as they are incorporated into the system.