Don't opt out of the Voters' Pamphlet

Letter to The Enterprise Editor (Posted 17 Apr 2010):

The Lake Forest Park City Council is "considering" placing a 6-year levy increase on the August ballot. One piece of the proposal they are pursuing is opting out of publishing the issue and arguments for and against in the statewide primary voters' pamphlet.

This is the same problem that arose around the Shoreline schools bond and levy measures - only even less justifiable. This is not a special election - it is part of the statewide primary election. The City has been quite comfortable attempting to make its case through a special multi-page mailing at taxpayers' expense and has been holding "community conversations" utilizing city staff for the past several months, so it is somewhat disingenuous to cite cost as the reason.

Please allow all City residents to have a full and robust presentation of the issues involved - which can best be done, given the lack of local print media coverage, through the Voters' Pamphlet.

Carolyn Armanini
Lake Forest Park

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