This year’s election is very important for the West End and I feel it is critical that we all get out to vote. We have the opportunity to elect a county commissioner who lives in the West End and has the ability and knowledge to represent us well.

Bill Peach is well-qualified to represent us and will do a great job. The only problem is I am afraid that because of the primary results many will think Bill is sure to win and nothing is further from the truth. You might make the mistake of thinking that Bill was within a few votes of Sissy Bruch during the primary and will pick up many of Bryon Monohon’s votes in the general election so will win easily.

This is not the case because the primary only included District I of the county and the general election includes Districts I, II and III, which includes all of Port Angeles and Sequim.

I am sure Sissy Bruch is a fine person but as a member of the Port Angeles City Council do you feel she will do a good job of representing the West End? Have you watched closely how their politics work?

I feel we deserve our own representative among the three county commissioners but that is not how it works so only if the West End turns out in mass and supports our candidate, can we win our rightful seat on the commission. If we lose, it will be because we did not get a large enough turn out from the West End.

Don’t vote politically on this one vote for local representation:

Bert Paul

Forks