Shoreline residents question Snohomish County Executive candidate

According to our News Partner, MyEdmondsNews, Shoreline residents attending the candidate forum for Snohomish County Executive were able to express their concerns about Point Wells and ask for a reaction from the candidate.

Incumbent Aaron Reardon, who sent word of a scheduling conflict, was not in attendance. So State Rep. Mike Hope had the room to himself.

Reardon, as County Executive, has been in office during all the County Council decisions which favored the development, designating the land as an Urban Center, and approving the application for permits.

Rep. Hope said the proposal clearly violated the Growth Management Act and that if he were County Executive, he wouldn’t support the project.

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