In the last election, in the city of Snohomish, the issues were heroin, the homeless, pink graffiti on public structures, and corruption of small town values. Because? “Weak woman leading city government.” Result: We got a change of government structure and John Kartak as our first “strong” mayor in more than 40 years.
Led by Mayor Kartak, the issues we are seeing this election season, are personal freedom (no masks, no vax, not just for the freedom seekers, but everyone); and protecting Snohomish east county values (a Proud Boy type trope; think white western European Civilization writ teensy). There is no further explanation of what Snohomish east county values are, but they make us special and everyone not of Snohomish, less so.
Working in concert with the mayor and his messaging is council member, Larry Countryman. Countryman has taken the job of besmirching fellow Snohomish residents, and fellow candidates, by declaring them newly arrived, from some unknown place, certainly not “Snohomish” enough. As with the last election, this is total BS. It’s new, fresh BS, but it is still BS.
Apparently Snohomish east county values includes fear mongering, and public endangerment; freedom for some, not for all; and spewing as much misinformation, and misdirection, as the public will tolerate.
You can fight it by researching and supporting accomplished candidates, writing a letter or two to the local papers on a focused concern, and engaging your neighbors in discussion.
Get involved, and stay informed. Keep reading your local newspaper
Janice Lengenfelder
Snohomish
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