Jon Snyder
| Jon Snyder | |
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| Member of the Spokane City Council District 2 | |
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In office 2009 – present |
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| Born | March 14, 1969 |
| Spouse(s) | Heidi Arbogast |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Spokane, WA |
| Occupation | Spokane City Councilmember (District 2) |
| Website | http://www.spokanecity.org/government/citycouncil/snyder/ |
Jon Snyder is a member of the Spokane City Council. He was first elected in 2009. He currently serves on the Finance Committee, Public Works Committee, Public Safety Committee, Planning, Community and Economic Development Committee and the Traffic Calming Sub-Committee for the City of Spokane.
Snyder is a graduate of Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane. He graduated from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis in Media Studies. While at Evergreen State College in 1990 he directed the filming of a live concert of Nirvana (band) that is now in the permanent collection of the EMP Museum in Seattle.
Snyder ran for City Council seat of District 2, Position 2 in 2009 in a 6 way primary with City Council incumbent Mike Allen. Snyder won the 2009 primary with 31.49% of the vote; sending him to general to face off with Mike Allen. He went on to win the 2009 general election against Allen with 53.65% of the vote.
Since the start of his first term, Snyder has been an advocate for road traffic safety, including taking the lead on passing a Complete streets ordinance in the City of Spokane. He was appointed to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission in 2012. As part of his Council work, Snyder was also elected Chair of Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington in 2013 In addition to this, Snyder has been a major supporter of the Office of the Ombudsman.
Snyder won the Primary election for Spokane City Council District 2 on August 6, 2013 with 55.94% of the vote against challengers John Ahern and LaVerne Biel.
He went on to defeat John Ahern in the general election for the Spokane City Council District 2 race by a vote of 64.39%.
Snyder moved to San Francisco in late 1992 and began working with Maverick Magazine Consulting and several other various jobs. After moving to Denver in 1996 he began working on Star Wars and Star Trek licensed magazines and was a contributing editor to the magazine "Sci-Fi Universe" for 5 years.
Jon was an author, editor-in-chief and contributor for the Star Wars fan magazine Star Wars Insider as well as the Star Wars Kids magazine published by Scholastic. In addition, Snyder was also managing editor of the "Star Trek Communicator", released by the Official Star Trek Fan Club.
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