Kirkland deserves better than Sternoff

In 2009, Kirkland City Councilman Bob Sternoff, who is running for reelection, admitted to sending hundreds of inappropriate and lewd e-mails to his girl friend, wrote e-mails that made disparaging remarks about fellow Kirkland City Council members, and even comments about the public. This was all done by Mr. Sternoff during city council meetings and study sessions. He used the City of Kirkland servers to send his messages, and now he wants your vote for a second term. Are you kidding? If he had any sense of ethics, he would have stepped down during his first term when it was discovered how he spent his time during council meetings. To add insult to injury, the tax payers of Kirkland paid legal fees to investigate his actions. Now he wants us to vote for him and forget about his lack of professional ethics. Mr. Sternoff’s campaign signs say, “I work for you”. Afraid not! You may represent the business community, but you don’t represent me.

August 3, 2011 4:53 pm

In 2009, Kirkland City Councilman Bob Sternoff, who is running for reelection, admitted to sending hundreds of inappropriate and lewd e-mails to his girl friend, wrote e-mails that made disparaging remarks about fellow Kirkland City Council members, and even comments about the public. This was all done by Mr. Sternoff during city council meetings and study sessions. He used the City of Kirkland servers to send his messages, and now he wants your vote for a second term. Are you kidding? If he had any sense of ethics, he would have stepped down during his first term when it was discovered how he spent his time during council meetings. To add insult to injury, the tax payers of Kirkland paid legal fees to investigate his actions. Now he wants us to vote for him and forget about his lack of professional ethics. Mr. Sternoff’s campaign signs say, “I work for you”. Afraid not! You may represent the business community, but you don’t represent me.

The Kirkland City Council has been dragging its feet on developing a code of ethics. For well over a year, they have debated about an ethics code, but they have made little progress. Perhaps it’s a problem of having the fox guard the hen-house.

Pat Harris