Eggen files to run for Ronald Wastewater board position

By Evan Smith

Shoreline City Councilman Chris Eggen, who said a few days ago that he wouldn't seek a third four-year council term, isn't really retiring. He has filed for a position on the Ronald Wastewater District board of commissioners.

Eggen has filed to run for the position that Commissioner Brian Carroll is giving up.

Neither Eggen nor his opponent, Tom Tipton, has been available for comment.

Eggen has not responded to messages. Tipton has not registered his contact information.

Eggen and Tipton will vie for a six-year term.

Carroll has not filed to run.

Commissioner Arnie Lind will be unopposed for re-election to the other position on the 2015 ballot. The election is for a six-year term plus the last month of the term that he holds by appointment.

After long-time Commissioner Lind lost in the 2011 election, the board appointed him to one of two new positions, with Lind's expiring this year.

Both the Lind position and the Eggen-Tipton race will appear only on the Nov. 3 general-election ballot. With neither position having more than two candidates, neither will appear on the Aug. 4 primary ballot.

Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com

updated 05-18-2015 12:20am