“Sammamish Watch” launched on Facebook

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Miki Mullor

A new watchdog group to follow Sammamish government has been formed by controversial Miki Mullor.

Sammamish Watch is a “closed” group for Sammamish residents only (although Sammamish Comment, written from Bainbridge Island, was invited to join). The Watch’s tag line is “Fighting for our city.”

“All my new materials will go there,” Mullor wrote The Comment.  “We will use it to support the City Council with real time research. No more overwhelming these guys with tons of complex stuff.”

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Recapping City Council candidate information for Nov. 7 election

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With the Nov. 7 City Council election 11 days off and voting underway, it’s useful to repost links to Candidate Questionnaires, endorsements, recommendations and evaluations by various groups.

Sammamish Comment made endorsements and recommendations. The Comment also posted extensive candidate questionnaires in the August primary and November general elections.

For the first time in its history, the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter made endorsements. Sammamish Friends, an environmental group, rated candidates. Links to these various posts and articles are below.

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Murphy for King County Council District 3

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Sammamish Comment recommends John Murphy for election to King County Council District 3, which includes Sammamish, Issaquah and adjacent unincorporated areas.

Lambert has been the District 3 Council Member for 16 years. Before that, she was a state legislator.

As a matter of preference, The Comment would rather see new blood come in after four terms. This has been true on the Sammamish City Council level and for other elective positions.

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Stuart for Sammamish City Council Position 7

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Pam Stuart

The Endorsements for Sammamish City Council Positions 1, 3 and 5 were easy decisions, even if in some cases a close call. The decision for Position 7 was a difficult, hard choice.

Sammamish Comment recommends Pam Stuart for election to City Council Position 7.

Note we write “Recommend” and not “Endorse.” “Recommend” falls well short of an “Endorsement,” for reasons that we will detail in this lengthy column.

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Indapure for Sammamish City Council Position 5

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Rituja Indapure

Sammamish voters are fortunate to have two well-qualified candidates for City Council Position 5. Sammamish Comment’s endorsement decision was a close call. Rituja Inadpure is the best choice to elect to the Council this time.

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