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STORIES ABOUT GENERAL ELECTION Polls for presidential, state senate and county council races SAN JUAN ISLANDER EDITORIAL: Vote for Ranker and Pratt LETTERS:PRESS RELEASES:STATE SENATE:Kevin Ranker running for state Senate Steve Van Luven running for State Senate County Council SJI-South Lovel Pratt running for county Council District #1 Gordy Peterson running for county Council
Orcas Island -West Mindy Kayl running for county Council
Fralick running for for San Juan County Council County Council - Town Fay Chaffee running for county Council STORIES:Kevin Ranker running for state Senate List of San Juan County Council candidates | |
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County Council District 3:
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Rosenfeld has served for two years as county Councilmember. He was a town Councilmember for six years. He is a small business owner, with an art studio and framing shop in Friday Harbor for the past 21 years. He worked in Public Health and was in the Peace Corps. He has 27 years of volunteer service on the island. His first week on the island he went to a meeting about neighborhood issues where they mentioned a need for volunteer firefighters. "At that time you got issued a World War I tin helmet and a jacket. That was it. No training. Nothing else," he said. The fire drills consisted of retired firefighters sitting around telling fishing stories, so he spoke up after attending two drills and said he didn't have time for this and asked for some training. He was appointed lieutenant and sent for training. |
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Ferry service is the top priority according to Rosenfeld. "I've been heavily involved with ferry issues, I've established very good working relationships with a lot of players in the state and other jurisdictions - other ferry-served communities. It's a daunting task. I hesitate to say we're going to be successful. We're facing a tsunami of problems. That's just one issue." he said. "If everybody would take care of themselves and respect others we wouldn't have to make so many laws," he said. Chaffee believes the budget and property rights are top issues."The biggest challenge other than the budget is getting into compliance with Growth Management Act in a way so people feel they have some say on what happens on their land." she said. "The key is finding the balance between property rights and protection of the environment, we'll never make everyone happy. Not the people who are totally into property rights or the hardcore environmentalist, she said." Asked if he thought the council is swayed in its decisions by the people who show up in the council chambers, Rosenfeld said, "Sometimes it's a gang up situation like on the aquatic reserve. But we want people to show up and let us know how they think about these things. It might not be fair to Nixon called it a silent majority. Democracy doesn't work well on automatic pilot." "I would love meetings to be at night. Because of the ferry schedule the other members can't be here at night. Maybe if we get tele-conferencing the other members from other island could be here at night," Rosenfeld said. Chaffee is prepared for the meetings. "If I haven't developed a thick skin now. In my work a lot of people aren't happy with the regulations and restrictions, but by the time we're done they understand why they are there and they are OK." "I have an ability of reaching a compromise, instead of saying no you can't do this, no you can't do this - coming together and finding out what they can do. There are so many components to it (a decision) and always the financial aspect to it." shd said. Chaffee feels she has a good grasp of issues on the other islands from being in Community Development and Planning. She also worked countywide as litter control coordinator in 1991 and got to know the other islands at that time. Elections 2008: County Council District 4
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The charter committee will be reconvened every five years and changes which would allow consolidation can be made at that time. Fralick noted the county is three years into the charter at this time. Kayl is the chair of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee. Part of her reason for running is frustration with the lack of follow through on the part of the county. "As chair of Eastsound Planning Review Committee, I see ordinances being passed and not being implemented," she said."I believe I have the passion and the tenacity to really attack some of these chronic problems." |
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My solutions are going to be community-based not top down.I see answers coming from the community. That way you have a more legitimate form of government," she said. What happens when the public can't agree. "You decide on the basis of the public good. Instead of leveraging the property rights of investors, I'd rather protect the property rights of the community members," she said. Fralick has lived in the county for 27 years and served on the Orcas Island School Board in the 1980s. "I came on board when it was in serious financial difficulty. There was an interesting law at that time, a requirement that if it went into the red, board members were personally responsible for that debt. I inherited that debt. It required us to look hard at the program and come up with fixes. Not minor cuts here and there. We made it board policy the school district had to have a reserve. I feel that it is important the county has to have one too so you can deal with local emergencies or opportunities. The county right now does not have a reserve policy. It does have a reserve." Kayl moved to the islands in 1991 and "when I got to Deer Harbor felt at home." She worked on research ships for eight years to save up enough money to purchase eight undeveloped acres in Crow Valley which she's now turned into a working farm. She's now a wetlands consultant, but has worked in the islands as a land surveyor, in a tavern and for the county."I know the other islands very well. I know the one and only permanent resident on Crane. I feel I can bring a county-wide perspective to the council. But I am posing myself as a strong advocate voice for Orcas I believe Orcas has not gotten a lot of county attention that it needs." Providing parking for Waldron residents in Deer Harbor is also a priority. "It's unforgiveable that the Waldron people do not have parking yet," she said. Fralick said, "We have a new county government in front of us that allows us to do things differently from the past. There are pressures to bear to do things we've been postponing. We have tools to do it, the motivation to do it. Let's put our energy there. Let's move this county on. Because the county council is no longer responsible for the day-to-day running of the county. They do have more time to discuss where the county will be in two to five to ten years." Kayl said, "We have the luxury of living in a community that's small enough that one person or a smaill group of people working diligently can make a postive change for the entire county. That being said, we also have the responsibility of doing so. I have been an active community member. I've done volunteer public service. I've gotten to the point in my life where my knowledge, my experience, my passion all align to make me a good candidate. I'm available to the community in general. I go to the tavern. I go to the grocery store. I am accessible to the working class," she said. Elections 2008: County Council District 1
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posted 10/16/2008
Both candidates profess to have strong believes in concern about the environment. Petersen has taken on the sewage coming out of Victoria, B.C as a personal issue believing it is the "overarching environmental issue affecting the San Juans". In an interview with San Juan Islander, he agreed the county council had no authority to do anything in the case felt by drawing attention to the international issue it could trigger the possibility of a boycott of the upcoming Olympics. |
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"They are very sensitive about their image in the world and the neighborhood and are all very concerned about a boycott of the world on the 2010 Olympics," he said. " I think it could be done. but I think that that is their biggset fear. I'm not calling for a boycott myself, But I think if more light was shining on the problem that that would get their attention more than anything." He said the threat of a boycott worked in 1993 to get Victoria to agree to improve its sewage treatment. "Not sure that would work again," he said. He was asked at the October 11 forum about global warming."I don't think the evidence is convincing global warming is man made." Pratt said, "Global warming is real, to a large extent man made. Choices county council can be making to improve our environment. Small choices but choices they can be making. The two candidates were asked at the Oct. 11 forum whether the county should conduct a study to determine the carrying capacity study of the county especially in regards to water supply. The two candidates were asked at the Oct. 11 forum whether the county should conduct a study to determine the carrying capacity study of the county especially in regards to water supply. I do support carry capacity analysis. We need to identify our water priorities. First and foremost we need to identify and protect water quality of our current residents and aqricultural users. Petersen said, "We have shelves of studies. I'm not sure a study like that is worth paying for. We have a lot of ability to get water in this county, desal, rainwater catchment." Pratt has accepted campaign contributions from 119 people of not more than $25 each. She paid the filing fee herself and has offered to provide a list of campaign contributers to anyone who asks. Petersen has taken out a loan to finance his campaign and lists no campaign contributors. |
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