updated June 23, 2021
As I write this it is the beginning of June, 2021. We’re starting to see candidate and issue signs around our neighborhoods. Much the usual, many candidates make lofty statements about issues they are going to tackle but most of us know there is little a city councilman can do about “equity” or access to healthcare etc.
One of the candidates in a local election for the Bothell Washington city council has listed some pretty lofty issues he”s going to work on. Of course the solutions are weighted with simple empty platitudes. I decided to ask him “what do you mean?” I would have thought that since these were important goals for him and his campaign the answers should be pretty simple. So far I’ve heard nothing from him or his campaign.
I am or have reached out to other candidates for city council, as well as a few other elected positions locally. I will report or offer space to any who wish to make a statement including their goals or positions.