The anti-charter people are quick to ask “what’s wrong” or to say the current county structure is working just fine. Well just for fun, let’s flip the formula. If the current model was on the ballot as a proposed charter, would you vote for this?
A board of three commissioners:
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Has both legislative and executive authority.
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Has the power to set their own salaries.
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Currently paid $106,000 per year plus benefits package worth thousands of dollars more per year.
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Only two votes required for any action.
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All three elected countywide in the general election so urban/Vancouver voters can sway the vote for all three positions.
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Citizens have no power of initiative or referendum.
Steve Foster
Vancouver
