To the candidates running for office, especially Jim Kenny (Snohomish County Prosecutor – D); legislative candidates Luis Moscoso (1st District – D), Vince DeMiero (1st District. – D), Hans Dunshee (44th District – D), Dave Schmidt (44th District – R), Ryan Ferrie (44th District – R), Steve Hobbs (44th District – D); congressional candidates James Watkins (1st District – R), Jay Inslee (1st District – D) and Dino Rossi (U.S. Senate – R):
When putting up campaign signs along area roads, please be sure to fully read, understand and follow all laws regarding sign placement. Under Washington law, it is illegal to post signs on any state right-of-way. Area state roads include: Highway 527 (Bothell-Everett Highway), Highway 524 (Filbert Road/196th Street), Highway 525 (Mukilteo Speedway), Highway 96 (128th Street/132nd Street) and Highway 99. Each of the candidates listed above has at least a dozen signs along one or more of these roads, with Watkins topping 50 and DeMiero approaching 100 illegally placed signs.
I ask these candidates who wish to be selected to write or uphold our laws to first be respectful of all laws currently in place. Politicians should follow the rules just like ordinary citizens, and no candidate, even a many-term incumbent, is above these laws.
The use of signs in illegal places is also not fair to the candidates who do follow the law, as they miss out on prime, high-traffic locations while others get their name out by shirking all responsibility to be law-abiding citizens.
To voters, please take respect of the law into account when voting and do not reward these candidates with your vote. Does a law-breaker truly deserve your support? Will a candidate who so blatantly ignores the law follow other rules if we send them to Olympia or Washington, D.C.? Please think carefully about what kind of person you want representing you.
Eric Allan
Bothell
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