Charter Review: keep up good work | Letter

Published 4:55 pm Monday, March 5, 2012

I think you have been doing a thoughtful job, and I applaud you for your work thus far. It seems unfortunate that a member of the prior commission which drafted the current charter is protesting your work.

You were all duly elected by your districts, and I believe you’ve taken your responsibility very seriously. The fact that you don’t agree with all that the prior commission did just shows the experience we’ve all had with their charter – which was a huge change from what went before and actually an untested form of government.

I believe the experience we’ve had with that charter shows that the constitutional form of county government is more responsive, more efficient, and certainly more affordable than what they crafted. Electing representatives by district rather than county-wide has proved to be a disaster, the costs are out of sight, and calling candidates “non-partisan” definitely doesn’t remove their individual biases.

Thank you for your careful deliberations. Keep up the good work!

Louise Dustrude

Friday Harbor