Politics & Government

Letter to the Editor: Support Incumbents and Paulsen in LFP Races

Community Services Commission Chair Supports Thompson for mayor, Stanford, Sterner and Paulsen for Council

To the Editor and Lake Forest Park voters:

Those of you who read campaign literature before recycling it will have noticed that I endorse Dwight Thompson for Mayor and Catherine Stanford, Ed Sterner, and Chuck Paulsen for City Council. For the past 3 years I have co-chaired the Community Services Commission (CSC), a volunteer position.  I work with these candidates. I am impressed by their leadership abilities, their experience, their dedication to Lake Forest Park, and their ability to bring people together to find solutions that work for the community.

CSC recommends funding levels to the Mayor and City Council for the human service organizations that serve the citizens of our city.  They include the Shoreline Senior Center, Kellogg after school programs, and Third Place Commons and the Farmer's Market. The funds account for less than one percent of LFP's budget.  The candidates I endorse understand both the need for such services and that leveraging our funds as the City does is very economical. Seniors are more able to stay in their homes; young teens are off the streets; LFP has a  community gathering place. When on City Council, Mary Jane Goss voted against funding both the Commons and the Market, a position she reiterated at the August candidates forum. 

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CSC's also provides guidance on park issues. Gov Watch issued a misleading statement regarding our new city park behind the Fire Station. It was purchased wholly with grant money from Conservation Futures and other funding sources. This was a win-win-win situation. Residents got a park; the city acquired the property without expending city funds; and the property owner received a fair price based on appraised value.

For human services, for the parks, for fiscal responsibility, and for the citizens of Lake Forest Park, I urge you to vote for Dwight Thompson, Catherine Stanford, Ed Sterner, and Chuck Paulsen. 

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Judy Altman

Lake Forest Park


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