Mayor Biss:
With respect for your years of service to our state and community, we, the undersigned residents of the 2nd and 9th wards, write to express
our dismay at the letter we received from you on March 9 via email,
endorsing two candidates running for the 2nd and 9th ward seats on
council.
While we recognize your right to have appointed both of the candidates who are currently seated and are now running in this special election, we firmly believe that it is the sole responsibility of the voters to choose our ward’s council member.
To use your powerful position as mayor as an influencer through this widely distributed letter is in our opinion way out of bounds and wildly inappropriate. The residents of the 2nd and 9th wards are very capable of doing our own research, attending forums, speaking with each candidate and evaluating them on their individual merits. We can then independently and democratically choose the candidate that we would like to represent us on council.
Jevoid Simmons
Dickelle Fonda
Laura Montenegro
Michael Montenegro
Joanne Zolomij
Cicely Fleming
Shoshana Elkin Waskow
Charlene Bos
Nancy Floy
Larry Akey
Cindy Levitt
Diana Anton
Donovan Mixon