Campaign literature: Melissa is a non-profit leader with deep experience breaking down barriers for youth and families. She serves as the Director of Individual Giving at Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. During the pandemic, she’s worked to keep students connected to school and parents/caregivers in the workforce. Prior to Boys & Girls Clubs, Melissa worked to create affordable access to behavioral healthcare for all East King County families at Youth Eastside Services. She’s also worked to ensure education success for youth in foster care at Treehouse, and more. She earned a Masters of Non-Profit Leadership from Seattle University.
Melissa served as a Community and Organizational Development Advisor in Moldova with the U.S. Peace Corps. During her service, she worked with community leaders to strengthen youth development programs and with international NGOs to increase the reach of human trafficking prevention programs to rural areas of the country.
On council, Melissa will be a leading voice for urgent action on climate change. She is a known environmental advocate in the city and has served as an Eastside Climate Justice Steward with the Alliance for Jobs & Clean Energy, board member at Zero Waste Washington, and volunteer member of a Sound Transit/Metro 520 Connections Sounding Board. Melissa is committed to working with other leaders so that Redmond can be a leader in climate mitigation and resilience across the region.
-- Malissa Stuart
Candidate for Redmond Council Position 4.
Malissa's opponent is Dennis Elliss. In his literature Mr. Elliss complains about
"mayoral discussions being focused on how soon the earth was going to burn up and how walking paths and bike lanes were gridlock soluctions."
Mr. Elliss is out of touch. Vote for Melissa Stuart!
-- Bob Yoder, 7/12/2021
I have visited the websites of all of the candidates. I have not seen anything in my mail box. Dealing with this lack of substance, I am very surprised to see Ms. Stuart's first campaign foray is to attack her opponent. This is the escalating trend we see in local to national politics, go negative and take no prisoners. "Vote for me because I am not as terrible as I say my opponent is." Would you eat at a restaurant that advertised "my competitor's food will kill you", or shop at a store that claims their competitor sells only junk? Would you hire somebody who spends their first interview trashing the other applicants? We have seen this sort of campaign before, and we have members on the Council now who specialize in dissent and attack. As a result we have government that was dysfunctional and ineffective before, during and after COVID. Our streets are deteriorating, our carbon footprint is increasing despite all the pledges, and we have a big hole in the ground where our Senior Center used to be. We can't even figure out how to turn off the lights in City Hall in the middle of the night. I think we need people who have a track record of collegial teamwork, and not just more big egos. If you don't like any of the candidates, you don't have to vote. Not voting for a bad candidate is every bit as important as discovering the best candidate. Councilmembers are your employees, so hire wisely. Don't make this a race to the bottom.
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