Legislators from the 21st District will hold a telephone town-hall event Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m.
Democratic State Sen. Marko Liias and Reps. Lillian Ortiz-Self and Strom Peterson will speak to constituents Wednesday in the first of two town hall meetings. The other will be an in-person event Saturday at Meadowdale High School.
The 21st District includes most of Edmonds, unincorporated areas north of Edmonds and Lynnwood and northeast of Lynnwood, all of Mukilteo and part of south Everett.
For the Wednesday telephone event, many constituents will get calls a few minutes before 6 p.m., inviting them to stay on the line. Those who don’t get calls can dial 877-229-8493, followed by identification code 18646. Once on the call, constituents can listen to questions and answers, and ask legislators direct questions.
The second event will be Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Great Hall at Meadowdale High School, 6002 168th St. S.W., Lynnwood.
Democratic State Rep. Ortiz-Self is vice chairwoman of the House Education Committee, a member of the Transportation Committee and a member of the committee on early learning and human services.
Democrat Peterson is vice chairman of the Environment Committee and a member of the Capital Budget and Local Government committees.
In the Republican-controlled Senate, Democrat Liias is ranking minority member of the committee on government operations and state security, assistant ranking member of the Transportation Committee and a member of the Higher Education Committee.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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