Bellevue Council, Position 4

Steve Kasner

substitute teacher, 54

Persona

Neighborhood advocate who helped bring community center to Eastgate.

Big idea

Wants to adopt ethics policy with tough conflict-of-interest provisions.

Residence

Lake Hills

Conventional wisdom

Has been a leader on city and community boards and a labor union.

Baggage

Was secretly videotaped saying he wants to be part of a “tsunami” that creates a Democratic majority on the nonpartisan City Council.

Family

Wife, Anne Bruskland, and two sons.

"My family and I will not have a conflict of interest in the outcome of council decisions. " — Steve Kasner

Primary election results

49.6%

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Steve Kasner on the issues

City Council ethics rules

Kasner wants to toughen the city’s ethics code, saying strict rules against conflicts of interest in Seattle, Kirkland and Federal Way haven’t discouraged candidates from running for office in those cities.

Working with Sound Transit on light rail

Kasner blames Wallace for delaying the project by promoting a route that Sound Transit rejected, and he says the priority now must be on building it right, not reducing the city’s bill for the downtown tunnel.

Major endorsements

Bellevue Fire Fighters, Washington Conservation Voters, Cascade Bicycle Club