Council Candidate Forum Tonight
Posted by the Kenmore Crow | Filed under Politics
Heads up, according to Laurie Sperry’s Kenmore Blog, there’s a Kenmore City Council Candidates Forum from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM tonight at the Aqua Club: 18512 58th Ave NE
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Also of interest in the local election: Kenmore City Council/Van Ness, O’Brien spar over Kenmore Council seat
Kenmore’s new city hall was another target O’Brien mentioned early in his conversation. He said the issue should have been put to a public vote, and that at one point Van Ness promised it would go on the ballot.
“It (a new city hall) certainly isn’t the priority of the majority of the people I talk to,” O’Brien said.
Van Ness countered that he did not initially support the city hall project, calling for, as it did, a building five times the size of Kenmore’s current City Hall. He also railed against a $2 million underground parking garage, but said he was unable to convince the rest of council to abandon those plans.
In the end, Van Ness said he began to change his mind after the city hall project was essentially rebid.
Patrick O’Brien remains the only council candidate that has not responded to our questions. Here are Allan Van Ness’ responses.
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