Editor,

As a rule, I don't normally write letters to the editor about politics or politicians, but in this case, I have to make an exception. After our last presidential election which was based on "change," I started thinking about "change" on a more local level, because it has to start from the bottom and move up.

Being a Snohomish County resident for most of my life, there are things I really love about our little section of the country. Small towns, small communities, lush green farmland, and miles of wide open country to be enjoyed from within 30 minutes of almost anywhere you live in Puget Sound. There's always someplace beautiful to take your family for a day trip, that isn't going to drain your gas tank. This is something that I really don't WANT to see "change."

After checking out our candidates for Snohomish County Council, and their track records, I'm putting my backing behind Ellen Hiatt Watson. She is a home grown Snohomish County native who wants to preserve the way of life I love, rather than sell it off to the highest bidder/developer, and has fought tooth and nail for it. Her opponent John Koster however, has tried to take away our farmland, protected wetlands, and has in my opinion, sold out to "big development," along with quite a few others, and to be honest, I don't NEED a car lot crowding out me and my kids' fishing hole.

Folks....like I said, I'm not normally political, but in this era of "change," I ask you to please do me (a stranger, a neighbor, a fellow Snohomish County taxpayer) a favor. Do your homework before you vote (because November is almost here). Vote smart, not blind, and let's see "change" start to work.

R. Bruce Soule

Marysville

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