10/5/07, The Significance of Holly Plackett to Redmond's future

The significance of Holly Plackett to the future of Redmond:

• Did you know that in the Primary, Marchione won over Robinson by only 3% - 193 votes?
  
• Did you know that Holly Plackett collected 1517 votes in the Primary? That's a lot of votes!
  
• Would Holly's endorsement make a big difference as to who our next Mayor is in November?
  
• Quite likely, considering her recognition in the community and strong following.

I will soon be posting a table comparing Holly's platform to John and Jim's platforms.

Do you have strong feelings or comments you want to document or share? If so:

IN RETROSPECT: Ms. Plackett's influence on the election was minimal. The only candidate she endorsed was Brian Colin and he lost by a wide margin to Hank Margeson. 11/12/07

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some mayoral candidate observations from the Seattle Times, 8/22/07....

2 from council favored for Redmond post

By Ashley Bach; and Sonia Krishnan

Seattle Times Eastside bureau

"Marchione and Plackett ran with promises of a more collaborative approach than Ives', while Robinson had the mayor's endorsement and said he wanted to raise taxes on businesses."

- snippet from "The Seattle Times", 8/22/07

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The last time I heard from Mayor Ives, businesses and residents split the city tax burden about equally. Has anyone heard otherwise? Bob Yoder