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more than he expected and volunteered to turn the leadership of the board over to someone else. After a year of significant community discord over several board decisions, two new board members, and now a third board president in just a few months, stability and cooperation between the board members was desperately needed. In what could have become an even more impressive act of leadership by blending the old and new board members and signaling a new harmony by burying some hard feelings, Peterson nominated Claire Wilson. Peterson replaced Wilson in a palace coup a few months ago. But then Peterson voted against Wilson and for new board member Carol Gregory, who was elected president of
have ended in a tie vote since one member was absent. But skilled, mature leadership behind the scenes by all the board members could have presented a completely different picture of the board than the one we are left with. Leadership is a trait you learn by watching others rise to the occasion. Much of what we witnessed these past few weeks was true leadership, and you should appreciate it even if you disagree with some of it. We learned a lot about our leaders and who they are. Sometimes they inspire us, sometimes they disappoint us and sometimes they miss an opportunity to lead.
application essay questions will be disclosed the morning of the interviews on March 1 “in fairness to all applicants.” If that information is not exempt from disclosure, then, why can’t the city disclose that information to the public sooner? How is that fair to the applicants or the public? I strongly urge city attorney Pat Richardson and Mayor Jim Ferrell to reconsider disclosing the applications and make them publicly available to the greatest extent possible. Residents need to be informed of who the candidates are so they have enough time to let city officials know who they support before March 1. I also urge the city to include a disclaimer on all Council applications in the future, which states these documents are available to the public.
different and weightier policy considerations as compared to disclosure of an application for a typical public employee position.” Other cities interpret the law that McNeilly cited differently. When I was an editor for a Kirkland newspaper, for example, the city released nearly 20 candidate’s applications for a vacant Council seat. The bottom line is, the city of Federal Way is doing a disservice to residents by withholding the applications. It is also unfair to the candidates themselves as The Mirror is only able to report on those candidates that our staff knows about. McNeilly said the written responses to the
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