Final pre-election look-see at contributions

The Sammamish Review beat me to it with this article looking at campaign contributions. This would have been my last look prior to the election.

As I’ve previously noted, the contributions make bunk of John Galvin’s silly claims that Ramiro Valderrama is back by the “old guard.” In fact, he is back mostly by the same people who support Kathy Richardson, not the traditional “old guard” who back Tom Vance. Vance has not demonstrated he can reach out across ideological or varied interests to garner support and reach consensus, the latter’s inability being a major failing as chairman of the planning commission.

Jim Wasnick and Jesse Bornfreund are largely self-funding their campaigns, demonstrating little broad support.

Richardson answers issues questionnaire

General Information

Name:  Kathy Richardson

1. City Council Position Sought:  Position #2

2. Neighborhood you live in: If you don’t resident in a recognized neighborhood, please skip to next question.

3. General area you live in: North Lake Sammamish

4. Current or Previous positions in city government (and dates).

Planning Commission Position #5, 2010 – present; Vice Chair 2011.

Planning Commission representative on the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Steering Committee, October 2010 – present.

5. Current or Previous positions in community organizations (and dates):

Founding member of Sammamish Homeowners (SHO), 2009 – present.

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