Rosemarie Ives
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Rosemarie Ives is the former mayor of Redmond, Washington
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Ives was born Rosemarie Moccia to Italian immigrants to the United States. She is married to Jonathan Ives and has a son named Gregory. She earned a History degree and was a social studies teacher before moving to Redmond in 1980. She was appointed to the Planning Commission in 1983 by Mayor Christine Himes and won election as Mayor against incumbent Doreen Marchione in 1991.
Ives has served Redmond during an incredible period of economic growth as Redmond is home to company facilities for such companies as Microsoft
, Aerojet
, Nintendo
, Cingular Wireless
, Medtronic
, Eddie Bauer
, Genie Industries and Safeco Insurance.
She has received some criticism for the way in which the new Redmond City Hall was financed as well as the scope of the project. The new city hall has been estimated to cost Redmond taxpayers between $60–80 million and has significant unused space.
In 2006 she convinced the Redmond City Council to support a Levy Lid Lift ballot measure to increase Redmond's property tax rate more than 50%. It was defeated in a special election. The city council approved a budget in late 2006 that maintained service levels by increasing some taxes and spending less on capital improvements. In 2007, a modest levy measure was passed in support of police and fire protection; the measure was opposed by Mayor Ives.
Her term ended December 31, 2007; she is succeeded by John Marchione, the son of the woman she defeated in her first mayoral race.
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....
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Ives was born Rosemarie Moccia to Italian immigrants to the United States. She is married to Jonathan Ives and has a son named Gregory. She earned a History degree and was a social studies teacher before moving to Redmond in 1980. She was appointed to the Planning Commission in 1983 by Mayor Christine Himes and won election as Mayor against incumbent Doreen Marchione in 1991.
Ives has served Redmond during an incredible period of economic growth as Redmond is home to company facilities for such companies as Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Aerojet
Aerojet
Aerojet is an American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer based primarily in Rancho Cordova, California with divisions in Redmond, Washington, Orange, Gainesville and Camden, Arkansas. Aerojet is owned by GenCorp. They are the only US propulsion company that provides both solid rocket...
, Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
, Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless
AT&T Mobility LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T that provides wireless services to 100.7 million subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
, Medtronic
Medtronic
Medtronic, Inc. , based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the world's largest medical technology company and is a Fortune 500 company.- History :...
, Eddie Bauer
Eddie Bauer
Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. is a holding company that operates the Eddie Bauer clothing store chain, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. EBH was formed after Eddie Bauer's former parent company, Spiegel, Inc., went bankrupt in 2003...
, Genie Industries and Safeco Insurance.
She has received some criticism for the way in which the new Redmond City Hall was financed as well as the scope of the project. The new city hall has been estimated to cost Redmond taxpayers between $60–80 million and has significant unused space.
In 2006 she convinced the Redmond City Council to support a Levy Lid Lift ballot measure to increase Redmond's property tax rate more than 50%. It was defeated in a special election. The city council approved a budget in late 2006 that maintained service levels by increasing some taxes and spending less on capital improvements. In 2007, a modest levy measure was passed in support of police and fire protection; the measure was opposed by Mayor Ives.
Her term ended December 31, 2007; she is succeeded by John Marchione, the son of the woman she defeated in her first mayoral race.