Commissioners don’t represent us

Why can’t the Edmonds Marina commissioners reach a position to oppose the King County Brightwater sewage plant proposal to be located in Edmonds? The city of Edmonds, including the mayor, the city council and 99 percent of the citizens are against it.

The commissioners are elected by people in their district, but do not seem to act as representing their constituents. Maybe there is too much Woodway influence when two out of five commissioners are from there, representing a small percentage of the voters. Fred Gouge is the only commissioner to take a stand against Brightwater.

Their master plan to tear down the building where Anthony’s is located makes no sense at all. The concrete poured into the blocks with re-bar hasn’t completely cured to its maximum strength yet.

When Executive Director Bill Toskey retired in June, accolades were sounded about the great job he did in rebuilding the marina from the big snowstorms of December 1996. Where were the commissioners who should have directed Toskey to hire people as necessary to remove the first heavy snowfall? They/Toskey failed to perform like the Everett Marina did and the next heavy snow destroyed most of the docks and boats. Were they looking for insurance money and government money to perform the planned replacement of the docks? What thoughts were given to the boat owners and their resulting misery and losses?

I remember that the Everett Marina hired people from the construction industry for $15,000 to shovel the snow off the roofs. That should have been done at the Edmonds Marina.

I believe the majority of the commissioners do not represent the people who voted them in or the marina tenants who provide most of the revenue.

Edmonds

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