(27th District support or opposition only where noted.) Going to the Ballot C1 - To make the Sheriff an elected position and to end the current Sheriff's term January 2027 (The 27th Republicans vehemently oppose this proposal) C13 - Reduce the number of County Council meetings to 48 and allow for zoom access for the public. C36 - Adds a myriad of new terms to the anti-discrimination section of the charter to include terms like national origin, gender expression, and lactation. Effectively...

Every ten years the Pierce County Charter comes under review. Three commissioners from every Pierce County Council district are elected to sit on the commission to deliberate and create amendments for the people to vote on to change the county charter. The commission lasts for six months. In 2025 Pierce County elected a commission to do just that. The Pierce County Charter Review started out 2026 with a bang. Within minutes of their first meeting, and before the commissioners were sworn in,...

Tacoma spends enormously. Our $2.3B city budget provides $10k in spending per person. The national average is $2.6k. The 10.5% Tacoma sales tax is the 2nd highest in the state. Our 1.086% property tax is the 3rd highest in the state. Despite these high taxes, we overspent and have a $15m deficit. With this spending, you would think our infrastructure would be top notch. It is not. Our roads are in poor condition. WA state has the second worst roads in the nation. Tacoma has a $2.4B...