I was surprised by a flier in my mail that shows Jeff Sax is a big environmentalist! This is a view not “authorized or approved” by the candidate, it says, but paid for by “Coalition for Quality Communities PAC.” Could this be the same guy who built a house without a permit while in office? Who as one of three votes out of five on the Snohomish County Council that presided over expensive lawsuits fighting state land use law, while developer cronies write the county’s development codes to churn out instant new cities in outlying timberlands of Lake Roesiger and Sultan, (where next?), without revenues for new roads to match?
The Jeff Sax my neighbors appealed to gave no response to our traffic issues on Echo Lake/Fales Road, except to lower already failing standards. His latest idea for transportation was to get into an airplane with wilderness foe California Congressman Richard Pombo and above all the snarling traffic Sax has ignored for four years, blame the Wild Sky wilderness.
The PAC claims Sax came into office with an “idle” $20 million earmarked for roads that he worked to spend on roads. (Whew, hard work!) It’s odd to construe the time for planning and engineering as “idle.” His predecessor, Dave Somers worked to fund and plan roads (like Cathcart) to be built the following term, which Sax won. Candidate Dave Somers’ fliers list achievements too, using his (not a disingenuous PAC’s) name.
Somehow I don’t think the Coalition for Quality Communities PAC sees reality like people who support a good quality of life.
Laura Hartman
Snohomish
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