Sammamish has suffered for years at the hands of irresponsible management and a city council that works in the interest of that management and development, instead of us the citizens. I have taken all I can stand. I am sickened by what has and is going on all over the plateau.

We have a chance this November to make some changes to our city council. The more council members we elect that stand up for us, the better chance we have of stopping what I call the “construction destruction.”

Please re-elect Ramiro Valderrama. All you have to do is attend a council meeting or read the paper to know he has been exemplary at his job and the councilman who truly works on our behalf. He has the courage and ethics to do what is right, but he is mostly always shot down by the majority of the council.

He needs new council members to work with so the Sammamish citizens’ wishes and concerns are addressed first and most important. This can happen. Please also vote for Christie Malchow and Tom Hornish. With the three of them in office we have a chance to take our city off the awful course of total destruction.

It is much too late for most of the plateau, just look around and you can see what I mean. But with Valderrama, Malchow and Hornish elected this November, we can be assured that we the citizens of Sammamish will be their first priority when the city makes decisions that affect us all.