So would you rather have a "strong" City Council or a "strong" Mayor?
For me the answer is easy. I want a strong City Council with its diversity of opinion, checks and balances, and overall accountability.
Elected mayors listen to opinions and follow directives but in the end do what they do with much less accountability and oversight. Trying to mount a recall campaign or unseat an incumbent in a small diverse city like SeaTac is not so easy.
SeaTac has a strong city council elected by the voters - -a much better form of government for a city of our size. Council members, which include our mayor, debate and decide the issues. The majority varies depending on the issue.
Proposition 1, which calls for a "strong" mayor elected directly by the voters, would be a dangerous move backward that I would not like to see.
Tom Layden
SeaTac