Letter | Elwood’s record shows his strengths

Published 4:28 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2015

I’ve served on the Si View Metro Park District Commission with Brenden Elwood for several years. Judging by his commission work for the Park District, he’d make an excellent North Bend City Councilman.

I have seen him ask thorough (and sometimes challenging) questions, analyze complex information, comprehend difficult policy outcomes, and make thoughtful decisions in the best interest of the district’s voters.

He inquires about why and how things occur in order to understand what can be done to improve situations. His experience in market research helps him understand the importance of gathering the right information to base decisions on. And he does this all in a respectful, mature way, seeking different perspectives and opinions.

That’s why I was shocked to hear negative and disparaging statements about him in local media. These look like personal attacks on someone whose ideas are threatening to the direction North Bend has been heading. Brenden Elwood’s record of community service proves him to be a citizen who is willing to step up to make the city a better place.

Unfortunately, I live just outside the city limits so I can’t vote for him, but I recommend him to those who live within the city boundaries.

Linda Hamm Grez

North Bend