One evening last week—after I wrote the previous post—I was sitting at a meeting with Charlie Hawkins on one side of me and Sunny Brown on the other. Both qualify as liberals and both are enthusiastic supporters of Mr. Louws for county executive who found throwing my vote away by writing in David Stalheim as foolish.
Mr. Hawkins, a revered member of the Blaine City Council, said he watched Mr. Louws as mayor of Lynden and thinks he will be a county executive who cooperates with the whole community. Ms. Brown, an enthusiastic Democrat campaigner, said she has been introducing Mr. Louws to key people and likes the 
way he talks.
So I went back to the October issue of Whatcom Watch and re-read the Louws answers to questions on important issues. Again I found his responses bland and without controversy. If he really wanted the support of Whatcom liberals he would have committed to somone who is prepared to follow the state's Growth Management Act by concentrating new homes on smaller parcels and preserving farm land. He had that opportunity when he was endorsed by Stalheim who was forced out as County Planning Director. Moreover, he went along with a larger new jail without questioning the need. Rather than propose innovative approaches, he sold personality; a more polite way of stating, “He's full of himself.”
Tomorrow night and Wednesday morning will be interesting.
ak
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