Saturday, January 26 at 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall
From Cindy Carter, Secretary, Eagle Forum
With the primary ballots for the new County Council coming out on Wednesday, January 23rd, many islanders who wish to learn more about these candidates have an opportunity to meet them and hear them discuss the local issues at a candidate forum this Saturday, January 26th.
The candidates will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Station to hear local concerns and give their positions on those issues. Candidates Rick Hughes, Greg Ayers, Lisa Byers, Lovel Pratt, Bob Jarman, and Marc Forlenza will be present from both Orcas and San Juan, since everyone in the county will be voting for their representatives from every island. Candidates from San Juan, who are not known locally, will have a chance to inform locals of their points of view on the various issues.
Don’t miss this Saturday meeting at 6!
I am someone who may not be able to attend this next wonderful meeting, so I hope that all the county council candidates can answer these questions for me:
#1 – During your Oath of Office, you must swear to support the US Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Washington.
Having done this, do you have the courage to stand up against and deny All Unconstitutional Laws from being applied to the citizens of San Juan County? In that same turn, are you totally committed to Honoring your Oath to support All of San Juan County’s citizen’s Constitutional Rights and Privileges? Do you swear to Deny all Laws already on the books and all laws that may be forthcoming that would deny our rights?
#2 – If you had to make a decision Between carrying out the Will of the People of San Juan County, or carrying out the Will of our Federal Government, which would it be?
You answers are greatly appreciated!
Great — the League of Women Voters event with candidates last week was SO informative…something I don’t understand, where are the two Lopez candidates in this, not appearing at either event? Perhaps I misunderstand, believe we need to choose between two Lopez gents and vote…???
Susan — great question. I believe the LWV focused on Orcas and SJI because those two islands will have an election (primary) on 2/12 — and Lopez won’t. The reason for the primary is the fact that Orcas and SJI have three candidates. On Lopez, there are only two candidates — so NO primary. They will be campaigning now through the general election.
And, I suspect, there will be LWV forums for all SJI/Lopez/Orcas two person races after 2/12.
In addendum to that, I would also like to share with everyone one of our rights within the State of Washington’s Constitution:
ARTICLE 1 SECTION 33 RECALL OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS. Every elective public officer of the state of Washington expect judges of courts of record is subject to recall and discharge by the legal voters of the state, or of the political subdivision of the state, from which he was elected whenever a petition demanding his recall, reciting that such officer has committed some act or acts of malfeasance or misfeasance while in office, or who has violated his oath of office, stating the matters complained of, signed by the percentages of the qualified electors thereof, hereinafter provided, the percentage required to be computed from the total number of votes cast for all candidates for his said office to which he was elected at the preceding election, is filed with the officer with whom a petition for nomination, or certificate for nomination, to such office must be filed under the laws of this state, and the same officer shall call a special election as provided by the general election laws of this state, and the result determined as therein provided.
I encourage everyone to check out the WA State Constitution, it really is an excellent read!
https://www.leg.wa.gov/lawsandagencyrules/pages/constitution.aspx
Thanks for noticing Susan! Brian McClerren and Jamie Stephens were actually both in attendance at the LWV Orcas and Lopez forums. But there was only enough time for the candidates in the Primary to speak. The candidates for the Feb. 12 Primary are under a lot of pressure, having so little time to campaign. I feel that it is a courtesy to them, not to distract attention at these important events.
But the light will shine on the Lopez candidates soon enough. Looking forward to meeting you all this spring.