[Vision2020] Diversity is key for Moscow City Council

[Moscow Cares]

Courtesy of today’s (October 31, 2019) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to former MOM (Moscow’s Own Mayor) Nancy Chaney and Gary Bryan.

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Diversity is key for Moscow City Council
 
Please vote. A representative voter turnout and diversity on City Council reduce groupthink and fringe ideology that threaten Moscow’s celebrated status as a political and cultural outlier.
 
No one candidate matches every voter on every issue. Consider their positions on key issues and general comportment, on and off the political stage. We’re voting for Maureen Laflin, Sandra Kelly, and Anne Zabala.
 
They’ll serve our whole community, investing sufficient time to do the job well. They’re independent thinkers, resistant to peer pressure, unafraid of offering dissenting opinions to inspire better, more inclusive decisions.
 
Sandra has done her homework preparatory to serving on council, immersing herself in public service through volunteerism for the Humane Society, Kenworthy, historic preservation, 1912 Center, Lions, Alternative Giving Market, League of Women Voters, Moscow Human Rights Commission and more.
 
Anne is a networker and advocate for Moscow. She considers climate change a local issue, warranting local action. Such awareness will inform identification of the Basin’s sustainable water supply, and energy standards for public buildings like new police facilities. Sandra, Maureen, and Anne realize that business success and environmental protection — including fair regulatory oversight — are not mutually exclusive.
 
Maureen is a champion of underdogs. As director of UI’s Legal Aid Clinic, she filed the class-action suit that secured compensation for marginalized residents of the infamous Syringa Mobile Home Park. A skilled mediator, Maureen will bring diplomacy, critical thinking and problem-solving to the Council. She’ll advocate for quality affordable housing, resources for aging-in-place and transportation infrastructure to safely accommodate all users, including children, cyclists and people with disabilities.
 
Moscow is best served by policymakers who prioritize human connections, who are rational and compassionate, and recognize community-building as qualitative, not the exclusive domain of spreadsheets and statistics.
 
Laflin, Zabala, and Kelly understand. Please vote thoughtfully and independently. Moscow matters.
 
Nancy Chaney and Gary Bryan, Moscow

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


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