My household is about fed up with the Ronald Wastewater District Board’s determination to keep a white-knuckle grip on their comfy sinecures at all costs – i.e. “at our cost.”
These people need to go. Backing out of a signed contract defines a person as untrustworthy. Inventing appointed board seats to build a false majority shows the slipperiness of current board management. I don’t trust them with my money.
Now they’re spending our ratepayer money to litigate against the City of Shoreline, which is then obligated to spend our tax money to defend itself. The Board risks nothing in its fight for eternal control.
The 2002 Assumption Agreement for the City to take over RWD’s utility assets should surprise no one at Ronald. It was signed by the duly elected RWD Board at the time, including the gentleman pushing the lawsuit against… well, against all of us.
It's truly remarkable how much mud they’ve slung at the Shoreline City Council, which is trying to compel performance under a legitimate contract and has committed -- at least to my knowledge -- no malfeasance on this issue. The notion that Shoreline’s council “might” not perfectly manage Ronald’s assets is laughable when the current Board is using those assets to mail-bomb you at the same time they’re gearing up to sue you with your own money. The City ain't perfect, but at least it's not nakedly corrupt to the point where the smell reaches even to our politically uninvolved household.
Please consider casting your vote for Gretchen Atkinson, who has experience at transferring utility authority, and environmental engineer George Webster who – let’s face facts – is the only candidate who knows “poo” about Ronald’s actual operations.
Please mark your ballot in favor of less BS in waste handling, and vote for Atkinson and Webster. Thank you.
Jack Lewis
Shoreline (North City)
This should come at no surprise... city government stinks and most of it is completely useless.
ReplyDeleteI received electioneering materials in the mail that are pro-assumption. Nowhere in the material does it say who paid for it. I highly suspect the City. I'm contacting King County Elections today to file a complaint. I highly recommend that anybody else who believes in fair and open elections does the same.
ReplyDelete"at least to my knowledge..." That's right, you don't know Jack.
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ReplyDeleteSuggest you call the PDC not KC Elections. File a complaint immediately if there is no ID on the materials. Here is the link - http://www.pdc.wa.gov/home/laws/filingacomplaint.aspx
The people currently at Ronald are not those who signed the original contract and they have had a chance to observe the City's aggressive and unwise procurement of the water system that will cost us all forever.
ReplyDeleteSo I see Ronald as working to protect us from another unwise decision by City Council and staff. The best time to address buyer's remorse is before the deal is completed.
Since Gretchen is simply a shill on behalf of the City I say it is best that we not elect a spy.
Very accurate breakdown of what is happening Mr. Lewis. Thank you for spelling it out and calling out the self-concerned commissioners.
ReplyDeleteI'm always interested to see who owns their opinions forthrightly, and who prefers to remain anonymous.
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