Vote no on the Charter Review Commission recommendations | Letter

Published 10:22 am Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Vote no on the Charter Review Commission recommendations. There is no monetary savings in going from six part-time council members being paid more than $20,000 a year to three “full-time” council members being paid more than $60,000 a year. There will still be an “administrator,” only the name will change to “manager.” Changing the name of that position, and doing away with the separation of powers, gives way too much power to a “Good Old Boys” council, and doing away with the current one vote/one person process would end up with unequal representation which could be legally challenged.

Frank M. Penwell

Friday Harbor