In Kirkland, we are experiencing a move that puts Kirkland’s suburban life in danger.

We have councilmembers who want greater density, crowded with more traffic jams and who ignored existing planning options that honor those who are living in Kirkland.

Socialists keep electing politicians expecting their income to improve. It hasn’t. They’ve been proven wrong. In 13 states, citizens make more money sitting at home on welfare than working.

Social pressures created by politicians are increasing. They ignore what happened in other jurisdictions. Look at Miami-Dade County, Fla., Stockton, Calif., San Bernardino, Calif., Orange County, Calif., and several other jurisdictions, all ready declared or are on the brink of bankruptcy because of unfunded mandates, or in the case of Miami, too much subsidized housing units even with all their celebrity mansions. At the local level, here are some notables with questionable trust.

Jay Arnold wanted more money for his special interest. He didn’t acknowledge the City’s annual surplus of more than $15 million a year. He didn’t care. Supporting his philanthropy of more taxes was Councilmember Dave Asher. They and others put their interest of ahead of ours at our expense.

Then there is Joan McBride running for State Representative, a politician who has seriously reduced our quality of life from when you and I moved here. She tells how crowded conditions would be good for Kirkland with increased traffic creating more traffic jams. She’s fighting for her special interest. Affordable housing does not pay property taxes but requires our services. Subsidy recipients need to be audited to prevent false claims.

Another notable with non-virtue is Mayor Amy Walen. Little did we know she had in mind becoming mayor and plotted to make it happen. She failed to tell the electorate she was a socialist whose intent was to fund social programs from the budgets of each taxpaying citizen. She violated the trust of those who elected her.

Collectively, the Council prohibited all existing residents of Kirkland a vote on annexation, an area more prone to crimes that need enforcement and resources taken from us who paid bills. The Council also prohibited citizen input on concurrency, failing to resolve traffic jams.

Of the 29 years I’ve lived in Kirkland, I know what each politician did to lose their virtue.

Robert L. Style, Kirkland