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NOV. 3 ELECTION: SNOHOMISH COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Duel of the Democrats Candidates at a glance John Lovick (incumbent)
Dave Somers Party: Democrat Age: 62 Residence: Monroe (unincorporated) Experience: Snohomish County Council (2006 to present, 1998 through 2001); Tulalip Tribes fisheries biologist (1979 to 1997); consultant for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (2004 to 2005); president of the Pacific Watershed Institute (1990 to present). Puget Sound Regional Council executive and growth management boards; Washington State Forest Practices Board; and the National Association of Counties steering committee for the environment, energy and land use. Website: www. davesomers.org
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New KC-46A is undergoing test flights; Boeing hopes to deliver the first batch of planes to the Air Force on time in 2017. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
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Snohomish County Executive John Lovick starts his morning at a fitness center in Mill Creek on Sept. 29. Lovick boxed competitively as a young man and still regularly dons the gloves to work out.
Somers, Lovick offer different views of the county By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
EVERETT — As John Lovick and Dave Somers compete to lead Snohomish County, it’s sometimes hard to recognize that they’re describing the same place. Voters get to choose between the two Democrats and their diverging visions in the Nov. 3 election. Lovick, the incumbent, offers a sunny forecast that he says can continue if he’s returned to office for the next four years. He said he has strived to set
the right tone and move the community past the scandal-plagued tenure of Aaron Reardon, whom he replaced in mid-2013. “I think that people want hope over fear and I have said that from day one,” Lovick said last week. Somers, the chairman of the County Council, claims that Lovick has ignored gathering economic storm clouds. He offers his policy savvy to steer government to a more sustainable path. The challenger contends that Lovick’s administration has further mired the county in needless
squabbles, rather than moving past them. “Snohomish County is just a beautiful place and as we grow, I’d like to keep it as nice as we can,” he said. Somers said without an honest or realistic take on the county budget or policy, that won’t happen. “I don’t see any accountability on John’s part,” he said. For more than a year, Somers and Lovick have tangled over budgets and union contracts. It’s grown personal,
EVERETT — Boeing is moving through flight testing for its KC-46A Pegasus, a new aerialrefueling tanker ordered by the U.S. Air Force. Military pilots have joined Boeing pilots behind the controls of the program’s two test planes. The first, called EMD-1, is a non-military version known as a 767-2C. The other, EMD-2, is a fully militarized version of the tanker. It flew for the first time Sept. 25, more than nine months behind Boeing’s aggressive development schedule. Last week, EMD-2 deployed in-flight refueling equipment: a boom attached near the rear of the fuselage and three hoses, one from each wingtip and the fuselage. See TANKER, Page A8
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See RACE, Page A6 Current Snohomish County Councilman and candidate for county executive Dave Somers drops pinot noir grapes into a bin Oct. 3 during harvest of the crop he grows each year near his home in Monroe.
How a little joke turned ugly on Twitter.
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Nick Patterson on what ails the Hawks. Sports, D1
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Party: Democrat Age: 64 Residence: Mill Creek Experience: county executive (appointed 2013, elected to a special one-year term in 2014); county sheriff (2008 to 2013); state House of Representatives, 44th Legislative District (1999 through 2007, with five years as speaker pro tem); Mill Creek City Council (1994 through 1998); retired as a sergeant from the Washington State Patrol in 2004 with 31 years of service; U.S. Coast Guard. Active in Gold Creek Community Church, youth mentoring and efforts to promote domestic violence awareness. Website: www. electjohnlovick.com
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