Who has filed so far….

Earlier this month, the County Council passed the Critical Areas Ordinance…Council members Jamie Stephens (Lopez, front), Lovel Pratt (San Juan) and Howie Rosenfeld (San Juan) sign the ordinance…photo by Stan Matthews (thanks, Stan!)

The primary for the County Council in February has a three day signing-up period (yesterday, today & tomorrow till 4:30pm), and here’s who has signed up so far:

San Juan: Lovel Pratt & Bob Jarman

Orcas: Greg Ayers, Lisa Byers, and Rick Hughes

Lopez: Brian McClerren & Jamie Stephens

If you want to check through the day to see who else may have added their name to this list, there’s a link on the County Elections page which says “Candidates who have filed” – check it there.

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So, here’s the deal – there’s a primary in two months(February 12th) to winnow the field to two in each district, with a general election April 23. This will pick the three new County Council members.

Unlike the present setup, where voters elect someone from their district, County voters choose all three members – so, San Juan voters will also vote for the Lopez/Shaw member & the Orcas member. (This is the way we did it before the Charter was introduced in 2006, which made it so that you only voted in your district.)

This means we have the present Council of six till mid-January (here’s the folks: Lovel Pratt, Rich Peterson, Howie Rosenfeld, Jamie Stephens, Rick Fralick, and Patty Miller), the newly elected Council (last month) of six till April (same as before, except Bob Jarman takes Lovel’s place, Marc Florenza takes Howie’s place, and Rick Hughes in in for Fralick), and the new Council of three starts up in late April.

Got it?

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