Ramiro Valderrama announced today he is not going to seek a third term on the Sammamish City Council.
His full announcement, posted on Facebook, is below.
Valderrama decides against a third term
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Interview with candidate Rituja Indapure
By Celia Wu and Miki Mullor
Rituja Indapure
The Sammamish Comment sat down for an interview with City Council candidate Rituja Indapure. Indapure was a candidate in the 2017 election and lost to now Council Member Chris Ross. In 2018, Indapure was appointed to the City’s Planning Commission.
She has filed for the seat currently held by Tom Hornish, who is completing his first term. He has not declared whether he will run for another four-year term.
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Town Center Phase I details revealed: 424 homes on 13.5 Acres; blocked by concurrency
By Miki Mullor
Editor
- STCA LLC, the largest landowner in the Town Center, files its first permit application
- The development site is between SE 4th and the Lower Commons park
- City Manager recently said the development will likely fail the current concurrency
- Valderrama advocates for STCA to relax concurrency
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Three weeks to city council candidate filing date
It’s three weeks to the first filing date May 12 for the August primary for
local elections. So far, there are only two declared candidates for three Sammamish City Council seats up for election this year.
Only one of the three incumbents announced election plans; two others haven’t decided if they will seek reelection.
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Ritchie accuses the council majority of denying a debate on plastic bags ban; Malchow denies
Miki Mullor
Editor
- Ritchie and Ross trade heated text messages
- The legislative committee failed to get the required three votes for a proclamation
- Discussion on the plastic bag ban postponed
The dysfunction of Sammamish City Council reached new levels over a proclamation in support of Senate Bill 5323 that calls for a state-wide plastic bag ban and a 5 cents tax for paper bags.
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