As promised in the 5/08/15
post, I went online Monday to file as a candidate for the Bellevue City
Council. I chose to file for Position
7 knowing full well I was unlikely to win over Jennifer Robertson, the
incumbent. While she reneged on
her promise 4 years ago to “use the permitting process to improve East Link”,
her efforts in other areas merit reelection.
Again, I filed
online Monday, received a confirmation, and had $205.84 payment
from my Visa account was “pending” to L2GKC Elections on 05/11/2015 and paid on
5/13/2015. Friday afternoon I finished my “Candidates
Statement” for the Voters Pamphlet and decided to submit it. However, when I went to the website, I
wasn’t listed as a candidate on the 3:23 update.
Rather than trying
to contact King County Elections I filed again, this time including the below “Candidates
Statement” and agreed to pay another $205.84. This second effort was successful and I am now listed as a
candidate. However, they have yet
to respond to my query about the second payment which is currently listed as “pending”
on my account. In the meantime I
thought “viewers” would be interested in “why I run”.
Candidates
Statement
I am once again
filing as a candidate for the Bellevue City Council, not for votes, but to attract
viewers to my blog http://stopeastlinknow.blogspot.com. It explains why the council should not
approve the permits Sound Transit needs for East Link. The blog as well as my initial candidacy
were prompted by ST, BCC, and the media choosing to ignore three years of
emails and personal appearances attempting to raise these concerns. Since then more than 24,000 have “viewed”
the 240+ posts without a single rebuttal.
I urge anyone who
cares about transportation to pay particular attention to three of the posts. The 12/20/14 post explains why light
rail will never have the capacity to justify ST spending billions on Prop 1
extensions. The 2/10/15 post details
ST incompetence in dealing with cross-lake commuting and how their mendacity
regarding light rail noise impact on the Mercer Slough has made a mockery of
the whole environmental review process. The 1/22/15 post provides the details of the financial
debacle awaiting the entire area from construction and subsequent operation of
the Prop 1 extensions.
I’m certain many
who chose to do so will agree the BCC should stop East Link by disallowing
permits.
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