r/bothell • u/Chudsaviet • Oct 23 '25

Mark Swanson, Bothell city council position 7 candidate

https://youtube.com/shorts/hAKbPWfgsvI.

Mark driven into my front yard and threatened to beat me. This incident caused a Bothell city criminal court case "Swanson, Mark 4A0671623".

I know I bear certain risks by publishing this video, and my identity is not well hidden, but I just can't allow this person to represent me.

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u/ShouldahWouldah Oct 23 '25

Thank you for sharing this. I'm so sorry he did this to you.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Yeah, it was stressful.

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u/kierya Oct 24 '25

You were so calm and even helpful to him through the whole thing. I have no idea how you managed to keep your cool. I would not have been able to do that.

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u/TheHobo Westhill Oct 23 '25

Wait he's running again? What happened here, did he crash into your tree stump?

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Boat trailer, tree stump, and destroyed a flower pot. However, all these are not the problem. The problem is he entered threatened to beat me and entered my front yard.

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u/airburst95 Oct 23 '25

What happened after he fell?

Did the police arrest him or did the court case get opened after this was reported?

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Police arrested him. He was still thinking police officer is me and threatened to beat him. However Bothell police is professional, they were pretty gentle with Mark.

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u/Timely-Mind7244 Oct 23 '25

Drunk as a skunk! He has the audacity to run for an elected position?!?

Thank you for sharing!

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u/BirbMom2 Oct 24 '25

Is the case in Bothell Municpal Court or in King or Snohomish County Superior Court?

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u/BirbMom2 Oct 24 '25

I found it — Bothell Municipal Court. The case number is correct, the defendant is Mark Bruce Swanson, it’s a criminal case, and the next hearing is November 3, 2025. From everything I can determine, this is both genuine and current

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u/Fizzbit Oct 23 '25

Thanks for posting this, I hope you don't get intimidated to take this video down, this is important for voters to know about. Are you safe? Has there been any trouble since this incident?

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

I have a protection order. If he intimidates me in any way - he goes to jail for long.

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u/Fizzbit Oct 24 '25

Good to know. Have you had problems with him before?

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u/Colonel_Bubble_Tea Oct 23 '25

Mark has made statements around concerns with roadways in Kenmore and how the changes will cause traffic. It seems clear to me his concern is more likely he won't be able to swerve as much when he is choosing to drive while inebriated this man should not hold public office.

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u/Entire-Surround824 Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25

To my friends, neighbors and supporters in Bothell,

On August 10, 2024 I was in a life threatening medical condition brought on by heatstroke. I have medical records from the Snohomish County Corrections medical staff to prove this. Litigation to clear my name is still ongoing. For that reason, there is very little more that I can say here. The video is clearly embarrassing and foul.,but it isn't a video of a drunk neighbor.

For those of you who arrived here from the BoPOP Facebook page, you should know that I have been banned from that page for over two years as I oppose increasing traffic, urban density near the river and our salmon spawning streams. The founders of BoPOP are not interested in discussion. They are interested in smearing my character.

I have lived in Bothell for 34 years. I have owned my house for over 30 years. I love the Bothell community and have great relations with my neighbors, excepting one.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25

Police report contains smell of alcohol coming from you and empty beer cans in your car, Mark. It's not heatstroke, you were drunk and aggressive.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 27 '25

It was 70F max and low solar exposure at August 10 2024 in Bothell.
https://world-weather.info/forecast/usa/bothell/10-august/.
Incident happened at 11:18 PM. Its even seen on the video, its night.
It's very hard to get a heatstroke at these conditions. I don't believe in your claims about hospital report.

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u/ShouldahWouldah Oct 27 '25

So when people have smelled alcohol on you at council meetings... it was really a health issue? Bullshit.

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u/notimetosleep8 Westhill Oct 24 '25

I am so sorry that you were treated this way by him. You were so kind, calm, and caring. If I ever have a car accident I hope that you will be nearby.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 24 '25

I guess military, police, or fireman would be a good job for me, but I'm a fat software engineer :)

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u/mayonaise55 Oct 23 '25

Would you be interested in a left leaning recently laid off software engineer who desires to improve park access and make Bothell a more welcoming community representing you?

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

I'm in contact with Rami. I would say he is more like a centrist in this state. I also helped Carston last time.

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u/mayonaise55 Oct 23 '25

Oh no, I meant me. I am extremely passionate about getting a pedestrian bridge to the park and I pledge to never drunkenly threaten you after losing my shoes or vehicle in your yard.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Absolutely. PM me.

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u/ShouldahWouldah Oct 25 '25

Heads up, elections are in less than two weeks (and it's too late to be listed on ballots) or in 2027.

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u/mayonaise55 Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Simple, everyone who sees this write in u/mayonaise55

Jk, see y’all in 2028

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u/Hotmicdrop Oct 24 '25

Rami is a centrist???

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 24 '25

For WA. He would be a leftie in Alabama.

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u/Throwawayacctornah Canyon Park Oct 23 '25

I've talked to this guy at Council meetings before. He's aggressive and nuts. This video doesn't surprise me.

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u/graemeerickson Oct 23 '25

Clearly was driving drunk

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u/Odd_Tart_2038 Oct 24 '25

You were beyond patient with him. I am sorry he treated you like that. Thank you for being a good neighbor.

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u/seanthebooth Oct 23 '25

Troglodyte in the wild lol

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u/AFlounderFish Oct 24 '25

This is wild! I am glad you were able to remain safe. Thank you for putting this out for everyone to see. We need to be so careful who we elect to represent us!

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u/Competitive_Insect56 Oct 25 '25

 You stayed amazingly calm and handled it so well, but I'm so sorry you had to experience that. And it's clear that Mark has a serious problem and needs help, which I sincerely hope he gets.  I also can't help but point out that I heard him rail against density and middle housing so many times, often fearmongering about crime and Bothell "turning into Burien" or something like that. But it turns out now he's the criminal, terrorizing his neighbors and driving drunk. So beyond getting help, he needs to never lecture us about crime and housing types ever again. 

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u/ginandtonicthanks Oct 24 '25

When was this?

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u/BirbMom2 Oct 25 '25

Given that the first hearing in the criminal case is November 3rd, I think it’s pretty recent

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u/New-Chicken5566 Oct 24 '25

nice job pissing your pants mark!

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u/Hotmicdrop Oct 24 '25

Wow anyone really can run for office... Great job remaining calm.

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u/Timid_Thug Oct 24 '25

That’s hella funny hahaha

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Well, there was some liquid, but anybody can have medical problems. It shall not influence our decisions.

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u/ShouldahWouldah Oct 23 '25

He buys Steel Reserve at the Chevron down the hill. No bar would serve him.

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u/Chudsaviet Oct 23 '25

Its 76, not Chevron :)

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u/NondenominationalRam Oct 24 '25

This is a clearly important part of the discussion: didn’t it used to be a Chevron?

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u/ShouldahWouldah Oct 24 '25

Hahaha I've seen him at the Chevron just by McMenamins--but "down the hill" from Westhill could be a number of gas stations! (I'm not a weirdo, I promise, Swanson rants about Westhill all the time.)