The primary vote for Sammamish City Council is tomorrow.
Three people are running for each of Postions 3, 5 and 7. Only two will advance to the general election in November.
Our recommendations for those who we believe would best serve Sammamish:
As Sammamish’s City Council primary heads into the final weekend before Tuesday’s vote, Sammamish Comment tracked the reader views of the questionnaires to gauge interest in the candidates.
There is no polling of a City Council election that we know of, so the readership of the questionnaires is the only solid evidence of interest in candidates.
Facebook has had a lively discussion of some of the candidates, but the participants are tilted decisively into a no-growth camp.
The readership interest in the candidate questionnaires is not scientific, but it’s the only thing we have to go on.
The question is, will this be a predictor of the outcome Tuesday night?
Update, July 25, 2017: The reporter for the Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter has been transferred to sister papers in the Bothell-Kenmore area.
A Special Report
This is seven pages when printed.
By Scott Hamilton
Analysis
Traffic and concurrency in Sammamish is a classic example of failure, and success, in 
government. It’s a glaring failure of the local newspaper.
It’s a success story of how a single citizen forced debate on an issue that even determined City Council members could not.
Here is the back-story of how traffic and concurrency became “the No. 1 priority in Sammamish.” A sequential history is necessary before we get to the punch line.
In what can only be regarded as a searing rebuke of the City Manager, City Staff and outside transportation consultants, the Sammamish City Council voted 6-1 July 18 to pursue an in-depth review of transportation policies.
The Council also agreed to have discussions at every Council meeting in the foreseeable future.
Mayor Bob Keller was the dissenting vote.
Most of the candidates for Sammamish City Council responded to an environmental questionnaire from Sammamish Friends.
The responses may be found here.
The group rates candidates with a green-colored bar chart.
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