The fourth, unofficial candidate for Sammamish City Council, Ritjua Indapure, filed today with the state Public Disclosure Commission for Position 5.
The seat is held by retiring Mayor Don Gerend.
The line up now is:
Chris Ross, the fourth declared candidate for Sammamish City Council. Photo via Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter.
A fifth candidate for Sammamish City Council emerged, becoming the fourth to officially announce: Chris Ross.
The Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter has the story here.
No position was declared, apparently.
The three other declared candidates are Jason Ritchie, who updated his filing with the state that he is seeking Position 1, the seat now held by retiring Kathy Huckabay; Minal Kode Ghassemieh; and John Robinson. Neither Ghassemieh nor Robinson revealed which position they will seek.
A fourth candidate for Sammamish City Council has emerged, although no formal announcement has been made.
Ritjua Indapure, left, in a photo from her Facebook page, was introduced at the Save Sammamish meeting last night as a candidate. She has not issued a formal announcement or press release.
Indapure lives in Klahanie, making her the second candidate from here. Jason Ritchie, also a Klahanie resident, was revealed by Sammamish Comment in February to be planning to run. He announced a short time later.
Four seats are up for election in November. Three incumbents announced they won’t run for reelection: Mayor Don Gerend, Deputy Mayor Bob Keller and Kathy Huckabay. The fourth, Tom Odell, hasn’t announced his intentions.
In addition to Ritchie and Indapure, John Robinson and Minal Kode Ghassemieh previously announced candidacies.
A second candidate announced a run for Sammamish City Council and already has run
Minal Ghassemieh, candidate for Sammamish City Council. Photo via Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter.
head-long into controversy.
The Issaquah/Sammamish Reporter has this story about the candidacy of Minal Kode Ghassemieh.
Ghassemieh, who was born in Washington State, is the sister of another local resident who made the news after a road rage incident which she claimed had racial overtones.
The connection caused Jason Krantz of KIRO Radio to question whether the allegations by Ghassemieh’s sister are nothing more than a publicity stunt to bolster the City Council candidacy.
Don Gerend
The decisions by Mayor Don Gerend and Deputy Mayor Bob Keller to retire at the end of their present terms represents a dramatic shift in the political landscape in Sammamish.
Gerend will finish his 18th year in office when the current term ends Dec. 31. He was one of the original Council members when the City was incorporated in 1999.
Keller is finishing his first term. His wife, Shannon, retired from her job and Keller wants to join her in retirement. Keller served on the Planning Advisory Board, which wrote the City’s first Comprehensive Plan, and the Planning Commission, which among other things wrote the Town Center Plan.
Both distinguished themselves with their public service.
Sammamish Comment 