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Tracy Flood Bremerton Municipal Court Judge
Tracy came to Kitsap County, Washington from the Windy City in 1989 while serving on Active Duty in the United States Navy. She graduated from the Olympic College with an AA degree, moving on to the University of Washington where she completed a BA in Sociology and a BA in Political Science. After working one year for the State of Washington, Tracy attended Seattle University School of Law graduating in 1999 with her JD degree and having received the Dean’s Scholarship. She received her LL.M in December 2019.
Experience
Tracy was President-Elect of the Kitsap County YWCA and President of the Kitsap County Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers for two years. She was elected to the Family Law Executive Committee for the Family Law Section of the WSBA, President of the Pierce County Minority Bar Association, and Chair of the Civil Rights Committee, where she was also appointed interim chair of the Civil Rights Law Section. She was a co-chair of the Minority Bar Associations Annual Diversity Conference and co-presented for the WSBA Family Law Section in Las Vegas in 2007 at the Annual Community Property Symposium.
Tracy was a past co-chair of the Kitsap County Human Rights Commission. She served on the Civic Learning Council, formerly the Council for Public Legal Education, which held Summit 2 with the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor. Tracy is the current President of the NAACP Unit 1134 Bremerton/Kitsap. Additionally, Tracy is a graduate of the Washington State Bar Associations Leadership Institute Inaugural class and a graduate of Leadership Kitsap 2017.
She currently holds positions on the Olympic College Foundation Board, the WSBA’s Client Protection Board, Kitsap Community Resource Board, and Vice President Of the Washington State Bar Foundation Board. Tracy continues to serve as a Pro Tem Judge in King County.
Recognition
As a solo practitioner with over 20 years experience, Tracy practices in Kitsap, Mason, and Pierce Counties in criminal and family law. She has worked as a Pro Tem Judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings in Olympia and in District Court in Kitsap County, and as a Specialized Examiner/Adjudicator for the U.S. Department of Labor.
Tracy served three years on the Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors. As an At Large Governor, she served on numerous committees and boards, co-chaired, and was vital in establishing their mentorship program. Tracy has received recognition as a Rising Star, Madison’s Who’s Who, Seattle University School of Law Black Law Students Award, Washington Women Lawyers 2013 Presidents award, the Loren Miller Bar Associations Social Justice Award, she received the Washington State State African American Achievement Community Service award and is a 2018 YWCA Woman of Achievement.
Tracy has one brilliant daughter, who is currently working on her PH.D.
Pam Keeley Write-in Candidate for Poulsbo City Council Position #6
Poulsbo attracts visitors and new residents with its irresistible charm and spectacular setting—the amenities that brought me here too. Our city is special for its Norwegian identity and traditions. I believe we can honor that identity while also embracing the diversity of our community and the momentous changes taking place around us. I want to join Poulsbo’s City Council to support our evolution as a healthy, just, and welcoming community for all.
In recent weeks, I’ve engaged in many one-on-one conversations throughout Poulsbo’s neighborhoods. They have revealed a pattern of concerns: keeping Poulsbo affordable, livable, and environmentally sustainable. Further, how can the city acquire better tools to ensure racial and economic equity in our public policy and our economy? How will Poulsbo repair its deeply wounded relationship with the Suquamish Tribe? Some residents point to a need for safe walkways along their streets. Others want to know how the city will balance growing traffic on Front Street with parking and accessibility needs. Many people feel they have no say in new development. Citizens are concerned about the destruction of important natural resources to make way for housing.
Many folks say they feel unheard by city leaders.
Two years ago, when Stonechild Chiefstick, a local Native and part of the Suquamish Tribe community, was shot and killed by Poulsbo police, the city squandered a major opportunity to really listen and to help citizens process the tragedy in a constructive way. Numerous residents have pled with the mayor and council to establish a citizen advisory group on race equity and add training programs for city officials and staff (these already exist in neighboring communities), but city government continues to take no action. Poulsbo used to have a productive relationship with its Indigenous neighbors, but due to this inaction, the Chiefstick family and Suquamish Tribe have brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Poulsbo. We can and must do better.
On a recent Wednesday, the regular City Council meeting was canceled because there was “nothing on the agenda.” This occurred during the week of our second heat wave and news that several hundred Washington residents have died due to the unprecedented heatwave, the arrival of smoke from forest fires, and the alarming rise of cases in the pandemic as the Delta variant settled into Kitsap County. It could of course be argued that a City Council can’t solve any of these crises, but on the other hand, city leaders could take precisely this opportunity to talk, to brainstorm, to hear residents’ concerns, to imagine how the city can help care for its people in such times. City Hall opened a cooling center that very week, for example, but very few people knew about it: on the hottest day, only a handful of individuals sought refuge. How can the city government and citizens improve communication—in both directions?
Poulsbo’s leaders have the job of running the city physically and supporting its businesses (they do both well). But they also ought to bring leadership to larger, often difficult issues. The ongoing Covid pandemic as well as unfolding effects of the climate crisis will continue to bring serious challenges to our community.
I have almost fifty years’ experience as a healthcare professional. In addition to being a nurse at hospitals including UW Medical Center and Swedish Medical Center, I have worked in crises and disasters ranging from a sprawling Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand, to major hurricanes in New York and Louisiana, the Oso mudslide, wildfires, and Poulsbo’s drive-through Covid vaccination site and emergency cooling station. Such experiences have made assessment, decision-making, clear communication, and empathy second nature to me. I hope you agree that these qualities will bring a needed perspective and skill set in our work to plan and care for our city.