A political mailer from the 'Friends of Des Moines Committee' urges residents to vote on November 4th for three City Council candidates — Jeanette Burrage, Brenda Siegrist, and Rob Back — running for Positions 2, 4, and 6 respectively. The flyer criticizes the incumbent council members' three decades of leadership, citing failures such as nearly $6 million in tax dollars spent fighting a third runway at the airport with no mitigation money received, marina funds diverted to the general account, and no downtown development. The candidates campaign under the slogan 'It's Time to Rebuild Our City,' positioning themselves as a change from stagnant growth and budget deficits affecting Des Moines, Washington.Open full document
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A political campaign mailer urging voters to support three Des Moines City Council candidates — Jeanette Burrage (Position 2), Brenda Siegrist (Position 4), and Rob Back (Position 6) — in the November 4th election. The mailer criticizes the incumbent council for failures including misuse of tax dollars, lack of downtown development, and mismanagement of marina funds. It calls on voters to ‘rebuild our city.’