To the editor -- Council positions are supposed to be nonpartisan. We just elect the most qualified person for the job.

The incumbent in the Yakima City Council District 6 has a problem running on his record. His last four years have been an utter failure. He has been limited to claiming credit for chip sealing our roads.

As a result, he resorts to tearing down his opponent. He says he is a proud Republican, but I have never met a Republican candidate that stands for defunding the police, slashing the budget set aside for economic growth, abolishing youth summer programs and cutting services to the elderly.

Wanting the same for the next four years that he has given us for the last four years is not an option. So, District 6, let's get our collective sanity together and vote for a change by electing Amy Forrest.

GUN ELOFSON

Yakima

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