In 2013, Bellevue voters gave Lynne Robinson her first shot at a seat on the Metropolis Council. It was a great choice that paid dividends in enduring group connection and spectacular management.
Her council colleagues 3 times have elevated her to signify the 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 the town via the pandemic, reviewing police use of pressure, creating an inexpensive housing plan and rewriting the town’s complete plan. She was lengthy a dedicated supporter of the Bellevue males’s shelter, which divided the council a number of years in the past. She was capable of achieve sufficient assist and the 100-bed everlasting males’s shelter opened in 2023.
Three individuals are difficult Robinson this cycle, however just one appears to be operating a severe marketing campaign. Nicole Myers, an engineer and graduate of Bellevue Necessities, a city-sponsored management program, is vital of the town’s rollout of its response to the Legislature’s new center housing coverage. She feels the town didn’t attain out sufficient to residents to fine-tune the plan. She has been taking note of the method however her criticisms fall wanting the big-picture process at hand.
Allen Chongtai Huang stated he was not looking 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 bettering the 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 great factor going with Robinson. They need to elect her once more.
