I’m quite dismayed at the way Chris Neely characterized the District 1 County Supervisor’s race in his February 12 article. He said: “Exactly where the candidates in the District 1 county supervisor race disagree on policy issues is less obvious than the fact that incumbent Manu Koenig and challenger Lani Faulkner clearly just don’t like one another.”
I read on, looking for some evidence for that statement. However, all he wrote about were actual policy differences or distinctions that Lani Faulkner has with Manu Koenig (how he handled appointments, whether he listens to his constituents, and the fact that many people asked her to run). A candidate running to unseat an incumbent is expected to offer a critique of how that incumbent has done, otherwise why should voters make a change?
To make a discussion about important distinctions between two candidates personal and reduce it to whether they like or dislike each other is a disservice to the candidates and the voters. We deserve better from Lookout if you want to truly be of service.
Ken Smith
Soquel