Port Angeles City Council Candidates

Out of the ten candidates who’ve filed for the city council races, one person in particular seems to echo exactly what Port Angeles residents have been grumbling about for months.

Rick Burton (whom I’d never heard of before reading the PDN article) says the city should prioritize its spending better. In particular, he mentions spending $6.1 million on Gateway, and then being “unable” to fund William Shore Memorial Pool.

“They spent money on The Gateway transit center and turn around and want to form a tax district for the swimming pool. It doesn't make any sense to me.”

He also doesn’t think the city should have formed the Port Angeles Harbor-Works Development Authority; but if this public development authority is what the public wants then he’ll support it.

Aren’t these the exact things you and your friends and acquaintances have been saying all along? Or the conversations you overhear around town — if they’re talking about local politics, that’s probably what they’re saying.

A city council candidate who actually speaks for us.

In other words, he doesn’t stand a chance.