Click the above video to hear the City Council At-Large candidates’ discussion with the Kitsap Sun editorial board. Topics included the city’s financial challenges, transferring the Winslow water utility to KPUD, how best to manage staff, among other issues.
See the video of the board’s meeting with the Central Ward council candidates here.
The Sun’s endorsements for both races will be in Sunday’s paper.
The deadline for mailing or dropping off ballots for the primary election is Aug. 16.
Longtime Bainbridge City Councilman Bill Knobloch announced on Thursday he will not seek a fourth term.
Knobloch said in a statement that his decision was based on a desire to spend more time with family.
“My reasons have everything to do with needing more time with my
wife and family, including five children and fifteen grandchildren
who have been very patient as I served our island for the last ten
years,” he said.
Knobloch has represented the Central Ward, which includes Winslow,
since 2002.
He is the longest serving of the current seven-member council.
No one has announced a bid for his council seat.
UPDATE: Peters isn’t sure yet whether he’s running for his At-Large position or the Central Ward position held by Councilman Bill Knobloch. See my story (with Knobloch’s take) here.
Councilman Barry Peters announced today he will seek a second term on the Bainbridge City Council.
Peters, who was elected unopposed to the council’s island-wide, at-large position in 2008, is one of four council members up for re-election this year. Council members Bill Knobloch, Kim Brackett and Hilary Franz are still mulling over whether to run.
Property developer John Green is the only other declared council candidate. Green said in January that he would challenge Peters if Peters decided to run again. Green also said he may seek Knobloch’s Central Ward seat if Knobloch decides not to run. Knobloch has indicated he is strongly leaning toward running again.
Head down below to read Peters’ re-election announcement. He
mentions roads maintenance, local agriculture, government
transparency, environmental preservation and public safety as some
of his top priorities.
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Councilman Barry Peters has a new blog at www.bainbridgevoter.wordpress.com.
Peters has already written a handful of posts about city finances, Bainbridge green buildings and the Winslow Way reconstruction project.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Have you seen the stories and editorials about the City Council being consumed in 2008 by 4-to-3 votes? See, for example, the Bainbridge Review’s end-of-year news recap (12/31, p.1).
I think that’s a misconception, so I spent many hours logging every vote taken during the 43 Council meetings (out of 49 in 2008) for which I could find meeting Minutes. I ignored the “Consent Agenda” (which tend to be small noncontroversial matters) and procedural votes, unless they were controversial or significant.
Mostly 4-3? Not by a mile. It turns out that two-thirds of the Council’s 255 significant votes in 2008 were unanimous.”
