Klahanie HOA invites only three City council candidates to its candidate forum

9/26/2019

By Miki Mullor
Editor 

The Klahanie Homeowners Assn. (HOA) is hosting a forum for Sammamish City Council candidates on Oct. 9–but invited only three candidates to attend: Karen McKnight, Rituja Indapure and Karen Howe. 

Emails show that Klahanie ignored requests from Christie Malchow to advertise in their September newsletter, until the last minute when it was too late, but let her opponent, McKnight, do so. 

Update 9/27/2019: Klahanie HOA Board President extended invitations to the remaining three candidates – who accepted – citing an “oversight”.

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Former Mayor Don Gerend forms a PAC

By Miki Mullor
Editor

The latest entrant to the election cycle is former Mayor Don Gerend, who has just formed a PAC (Political Action Committee), a PDC filing shows. Gerend has also recently initiated legal action to reverse the City Council’s new concurrency rules.

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Sahalee Candidate forum: What is different – Treen v. Howe

The Sahalee (and Timberline) Candidate forum was 2:21 hours long.

The next question is “What is different between you and your opponent”. The first bite-size clip features Kent Treen and Karen Howe, who are running for seat 4:

https://youtu.be/Wo4lnDqPDVA

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Sahalee Candidate forum: What is different – Malchow v. McKnight

The Sahalee (and Timberline) Candidate forum was 2:21 hours long.

The next question is “What is different between you and your opponent”. The first bite-size clip features Christie Malchow and Karen McKnight, who are running for seat 2:

https://youtu.be/fnE2aticAdg

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