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About Me

Mike Cooper was born and raised in Washington State. In May 2006 he retired the rank of Lieutenant with the Shoreline Fire Department after over 25 years of service. He was named the Washington State Firefighter of the Year in 1997.Currently Mike teaches high school Fire Safety vocational education. Mike served 4 terms in the state House of Representatives. While serving in the legislature he chaired the Fisheries, Ecology and Parks Committee and the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee. In addition, he served on the Transportation and Energy and Utilities committees. He has been recognized as the 1999 Maritime Elected Official of the Year, 1999 Washington State Labor Council Legislator of the Year, and 2003 Inland Boatman's Union Legislator of the Year.In 2004 Mike brought together the oil industry, environmentalists, shippers, labor unions, tribes and state agencies to craft legislation to protect Washington's shores from the devastation of an oil spill. He envisioned protecting our shores and clean waters via preventive measures, rather than just response efforts. He succeeded in leading various interests to consensus on a new, zero-spills strategy which was signed by Governor Locke in March.2004 also saw the culmination of Mike's 8 years of work on recreation funding. Gas tax revenues provide funding for trails and other recreation facilities, but the money was being distributed in a manner that wasn't fair to all users. Mike convened a group of interests who had been locked in disagreement for decades. After over a year of meetings and negotiations, they were able to hammer out a bi-partisan compromise that more equitably distributed recreation funds.In July of 2005, Governor Gregoire appointed Mike to chair the Washington Oil Spill Advisory Council, a diverse group of stakeholders responsible for advising the Governor and legislature on spill prevention, preparedness and response issues.In addition to chairing the Oil Spill Advisory Council, Mike Cooper is President of the Board at Transportation Choices Coalition and served as chair of the Snohomish County Charter Review Commission.Mike and Chrystal have 3 grown children and 2 granddaughters.

My Interests

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Heroes:

**All my sisters and brothers in the IAFF, led by General President Harold Schaitberger. **US Senator Maria Cantwell. Protector of Washington's environment **Senator Warren G Magnuson. He said to Big Oil, "Puget Sound belongs to the people of Washington, not Big Oil!" **Edmonds City Council President Deanna Dawson. Making the Safety of our neighborhoods her priority. **Kim Cole County Young democrat chair. Dreaming the american dream. Raising a child, paying her own way to law school while working full time. we should all have that drive.

My Blog

What kind of democrat are you?

As the Washington State Democratic convention winds down, I can't help but reflect on the number of times I get asked the question; "What kind of democrat are you? Labor Democrat, New Democrat, Progrs...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:41:00 PST

Its Crunch Time! Ballots Drop in 3 days

Ballots Drop in 3 days Doorbelling and Lit Drops The clock is ticking and we are on target to meet our doorbelling goal. As of today we have completed the entire Council District, but ther...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:28:00 PST

hanging out with the Cooper & Cole Campaigns

..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Still Time to Doorbell for Cooper for Council and Cole for Commissioner We will be doorbelling and lit dropping every weekend...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:12:00 PST

Our Rett Angel

Many of you know that our granddaughter Caitlyn has Rett Syndrome. She a beautiful 4 year old, full of energy, who shares the thoughts in her heart and mind with her eyes and smile because she can no...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:59:00 PST

October Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

..> Many of you know that our grandaughter Caitlyn has Rett Syndrome. She a beautiful 4 year old, full of energy, who shares the thoughts in her heart and mind with her eyes and smile because she ca...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:37:00 PST

Attainable Housing

On Thursday I took part in a candadates forum sponsored by the Housing Consortium. Here is the text of my speech. Let me know what you think. "Today in America, nearly ½ of our residents s...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:48:00 PST

Snohomish County Primary Election Results

Congrats to a few good friends for a great showing last night. Oh and I didn't do so bad either. In a little known about race for Hospital Commissioner, Kimberly Cole gained 60% of the vo...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:52:00 PST

4th of July in Edmonds

Not to be out done by my good friend Rep Dave Upthegrove. If you live north of Seattle, Come join us for the Old Fashion 4th of July parade in Downtown Edmonds. Be at 7th and Glen by 11 a....
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:56:00 PST

9 firefighters perish in South Carolina

Each time a firefighter dies I feel like I lose a part of my family. Over the last 25+ years I have attended way too many LODD memorials. When I retired I thought it would get easy to just...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:16:00 PST

What a Great Kick Off !!!!

What a great event!!!!.. For all of you who were able to come out last night and enjoy a beautiful spring evening in downtown Edmonds, thank you so much for your support. The event was a huge ...
Posted by Councilman Mike Cooper on Sat, 26 May 2007 07:42:00 PST