Susan Hutchison

Susan Hutchison (born March 24, 1954) is a former news anchor for KIRO-TV (CBS) in Seattle, Washington, where she received five Emmy awards for producing, writing, and reporting news and documentaries. She is the Executive Director of the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, a philanthropic foundation based in Seattle that provides grants to the arts, science and education programs. Hutchison married her husband Andy, a Boeing executive and retired Marine Corps Reserve Colonel, live in Seattle where their two sons have grown up attending public schools.

Career and volunteer work

Susan Hutchison is the Executive Director of the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences. The foundation's local partners include the Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Public Library, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Science Center, Museum of Flight, Bellevue Arts Museum, Medical Teams International, Issaquah Village Theater, Seattle Opera, and Seattle Children's Hospital. Hutchison volunteers on the boards of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C., Seattle Art Museum, and Young Life International and recently served as chair of the Seattle Symphony. She has been on the boards of Seattle Children's Hospital, and the Salvation Army and has been a spokesperson for American Leprosy Mission, Job Corps, and March of Dimes. She is a former union member, and has said she is not afraid to work with the unions and seek to open their contracts.

Issues

Susan Hutchison is a political outsider to Seattle with ideas of how to tackle the budget. Hutchison will aim to require that each of her departments report back in three-month intervals to the auditor and the council on how her recommendations were implemented or improved upon. She will work with the State Auditor to create protocols that all departments must follow to ensure they are capable of complying with audit investigations in a cooperative and transparent manner. And has also stated that she will work to expand Seattle's County Auditor’s performance audit resources and authority, to help guarantee that tax dollars are spent prudently and effectively.

Susan Hutchison's statement regarding government reform:

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If elected, Hutchison said, she would make sure the county cooperates with state audits and would give the county auditor more money for performance audits. She reiterated her intention to deal with operating budget shortfalls by renegotiating employee labor accords and slimming the 30-employee executive's office.

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Susan's top priorities are budget reform, improving jobs and the economy, enforcing government accountability and reform, and public safety. Hutchison has also been focused on helping South King County residents before and after flooding.

See also

• Susan Hutchison for King County Executive, Home
• The Seattle Times, Seattle Times Endorsement

External Links

• Susan Hutchison - Conservative Values, TV spot
• The Change I'll Bring, TV spot #2
• Susan Hutchison: "Outsider", TV spot #3