LOGAN
EVANS
Vote for a city that puts you first!
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who believes Kent’s hardest-working families deserve
to feel safe, heard, and hopeful.
I was born in Renton, raised in Kent, and I work just down the road in Auburn. This is my home—every part of my life has been shaped right here in our region. I’m proud to call myself a Cascadian and a lifelong member of our community.
I enjoy teaching, and part of that is listening—really listening—to my students share stories about the dangers, fears, and struggles they face. And they’re not alone. From the loudest apartment blocks to the quietest suburbs, from family and friends to total strangers, I hear the same thing: “Something isn’t right. It didn’t used to be like this.”
Even when I try to describe what’s happening here to people overseas, they think I’m joking—because it’s that hard to believe.
I’ve come to realize it’s not enough to build a safe life behind my own door while the families around me are struggling. Our working people are under pressure, crime and chaos are punishing the honest, and children are afraid to walk home alone. We can’t shut it out—the Outside is the Inside.
That’s why I’m standing up.
I’m not a politician. I’m a teacher, a neighbor, and someone who cares deeply about our city. I’ve spent years learning to listen, bring order, and bring people together. If you’ll let me, I want to bring the same grit, the same strength of will, and the same sense of duty I’ve carried in the classroom—and put it to work for Kent.
- Highway 167 near Winco is clogged and crumbling, slowing commutes and hurting businesses.
My Plan:
- Prioritize road expansion projects to ease traffic and improve safety.
- Work with the Council to ensure infrastructure budgets reflect your daily needs.
- Listen to voices like yours—parents, teachers, and small business owners—who see these issues up close.
Infrastructure isn’t about concrete—it’s about connecting families, jobs, and futures.
- Over 1,200 vehicle thefts, 138 shootings (38 involving kids), and 562 drug crimes in 2024 alone.
- State policies have tied our hands, emboldening repeat offenders.
My Plan:
- Boost police presence and resources to protect neighborhoods and schools.
- Push for stricter penalties for repeat offenders and drug-related crimes.
- Support neighborhood watch programs and your right to safeguard your family.
- Stand with the Mayor and Council to defend laws like SODA and fight for tougher reforms.
A safe community isn’t a luxury—it’s the foundation of everything we build.
- 20,000 homeless in King County, many trapped in cycles of danger and exploitation.
My Plan:
- Move homeless individuals off streets and into supervised facilities for their safety and ours.
- Reject policies that enable suffering, whether from well-meaning mistakes or greed.
- Focus on long-term solutions, not temporary fixes that ignore root causes.
Leaving people on the streets helps no one. We owe them—and ourselves—real solutions.
Nothing. Seeing how our City Council, from our Mayor to its Councilmembers, have worked to fight crime and create a place worth living in has inspired me. I have the drive and purity of purpose to support their efforts and build upon them, and I will help facilitate this future.
A future for you and our children who will inherit this legacy.
While our City Council has made great strides, this is precarious, and dependent upon a council majority. My election would ensure that any vote in defense of your safety, your economic livelihood, and the ease with which you live and travel is passed, and anything that opposes these interests will be fought tooth-and-nail.
Truthfully, many of the problems that we face are the consequence of County and State legislation. I will collaborate with other city and county leaders to put forward a united front, and make sure the will of our people is respected and not the whims of external influences.
I have a deeply personal motivation for this. I am not running simply because I can, but because there are outcomes I must see through.
I worked as a teacher for 4 years and substitute for years before this. I have taught and guided over 600 students. The worst experience my students had was when they could not work in their classrooms undisturbed, from students dropping unexpectedly to distract them, to classmates disturbing the lessons with music, cursing and random outbursts. Some had pondered moving entirely, feeling the school had changed so much from what it used to be. It was then I felt sorrow, as the best were being driven out by the worst, and the worst, instead of being guided towards success, were instead enabled in their destructive urges. We solved the problem, with a set of clear rules and expectations that were developed with everyone.
Finding solutions to problems and creating a place where everyone can grow and carry out their goals is my joy. Kent faces many of the same problems, just on a greater scale, with much greater variables. They are not as easily solved, but I cannot just wait and watch our Councilmembers struggle alone in the face of this. I will be an active member, and take my dogged drive and create a better, more beautiful environment for us all.
