POST FALLS: Council should welcome those who served

A government for the people by the people should be representative of those people, should it not? It seems that this is not the case according to some of our Post Falls City officials. Instead, the current vacant city council seat can only be filled if a certain set of requirements is met. These newfound requirements are well beyond that required by state law and seem to come directly from these elected officials (not those who they represent). If you served on a commission or previously ran in an election and did not receive more votes than your opponent, then you are barred from applying to this public position. Could this mean that anyone whoever ran for a position but didn’t win be barred in the future?

In my opinion, the people of Post Falls should welcome an individual who has served before or one who has shown the public that they want to serve, regardless of the outcome of that election. There are plenty of candidates that fall within the barred requirements who demonstrate competence, leadership and are active members of the community in business or other organizations. 

The candidate that the city of Post Falls government needs to “get behind” is a candidate that meets the requirement of the people, one who wants to serve the people and one who does not believe in taking the law into their own hands without representation. Choosing a candidate in this way is not how you “focus on getting stuff done.” Let us hope that the mayor and city council rethink this approach.

RANDALL HILDEBRAND 

Post Falls