In 2013, Bellevue voters gave Lynne Robinson her first shot at a seat on the Metropolis Council. It was a very good determination that paid dividends in enduring group connection and spectacular management.
Her council colleagues 3 times have elevated her to signify town as mayor, in 2020, 2022 and 2024. Voters ought to return her to her fourth time period in Place 6.
A retired bodily therapist and enterprise proprietor, Robinson helped information town by the pandemic, reviewing police use of power, creating an inexpensive housing plan and rewriting town’s complete plan. She was lengthy a dedicated supporter of the Bellevue males’s shelter, which divided the council a couple of years in the past. She was in a position to acquire sufficient assist and the 100-bed everlasting males’s shelter opened in 2023.
Three persons are difficult Robinson this cycle, however just one appears to be operating a critical marketing campaign. Nicole Myers, an engineer and graduate of Bellevue Necessities, a city-sponsored management program, is vital of town’s rollout of its response to the Legislature’s new center housing coverage. She feels town didn’t attain out sufficient to residents to fine-tune the plan. She has been listening to the method however her criticisms fall wanting the big-picture process at hand.
Allen Chongtai Huang mentioned he was not searching for The Instances editorial board endorsement and Alex Tsimerman is a perennial candidate.
Robinson’s power is a spectrum. She has deep data of the wonky, usually mundane duties of municipality governance, having served on the Parks & Neighborhood Providers Board from 2008-2013. As the one council member who has common workplace hours for constituents, she is dedicated to enhancing town’s high quality of life and a spot to do enterprise.
Bellevue continues to develop in relevance and affect within the area.
Bellevue voters have a very good factor going with Robinson. They need to elect her once more.
