Bassett has respect of regional policy makers
We have a clear choice for City Council. Critical and complex problems are facing our community, and the solutions will affect us for years to come.
Bruce Basset is smart, he listens, he is thoughtful and he has the interests of Mercer Islanders in mind. Just as importantly, he has the respect of regional policy makers outside Mercer Island — so they listen to him. Many of our upcoming challenges are regional and will require regional solutions.
Candidates who make hardline statements and who suggest that we don’t have to play by the rules will find that they are shut out of the important conversations affecting transportation and our mobility on and off the Island. We can’t afford for that to happen.
Pandering to local voters’ worst fears, and our arrogance, may gain local votes but will not make for a credible representative of Mercer Island’s interests in the negotiations ahead. We are confident that Basset will represent us effectively.
Corrie and Ted Yackulic
Let’s avoid strike three
The courts have fined the city of Mercer Island for breaking the law a second time. You are paying the fines for strike two.
The solution to our problem is to replace the leadership of the City Council with fresh capable people by electing Thomas Acker, Traci Granbois, Salim Nice and Dave Wisenteiner.
We have been residents of Mercer Island for 54 years and I believe we need new leadership. The city has been fined by the King County Superior Court for willfully violating discovery rules and on appeal; the state of Washington Supreme Court sent the case back for a jury trial. Strike one was the city withholding public records in the 2011 Lindell case.
We are fortunate to have a hardworking City Council. We need to assure each member is the best person to do right things for right reasons to assure we avoid strike three.
Join me in setting the tone for forthright Mercer Island City Council leadership by voting for Acker, Granbois, Nice and Wisenteiner.
George Johnson