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“Know Your Candidates” series, OS City Council Position 7 candidate Patric Hayes Website: http://patrichayes.comFacebook:  https://tinyurl.com/ElectPatricHayes2021 In my professional career I have worked on designing floppy and hard disk drives, I’ve ran the operations of a $200 million dollar company that was sole source of computer hard drives for IBM. I’ve written software for The Walt Disney CompanyContinue reading “More about…Patric Hayes”

“Know Your Candidates” series David Linn, candidate for Ocean Shores City Council Position #7: In my professional career, I do or did… I worked for more than 25 years in the pension fund world, including teachers’, public employees’ and trade unions’ retirement plans. I was responsible for investing several billions of dollars of their fundsContinue reading “More about…David Linn”

“Know Your Candidates” series: In my professional career, I do or did,  In my professional life I was a problem solver. I was a regional trouble shooter for Otis elevator for eighteen years and in the industry for forty two years (electrical engineer). I also taught for the industries apprenticeship program for thirteen years andContinue reading “More about…Edgar Schroll”

First in “Know Your Candidates, Part II”: 1.  In my professional career, I do or did…     I have worked in the public sector for almost 30 years. 8 years with the Port of Grays Harbor and 21+ at the City of Aberdeen, where I still am today.     I am the Director of Community DevelopmentContinue reading “More about….Lisa Scott”

They’ve answered the tough stuff (issues), on to the fluff stuff (backgrounds)…

How did the golf course become so intertwined in local politics? Under a long-term lease (more on that, later), Curt Zander leases the Ocean Shores Golf Course. Another of his companies, Turf Care, was the extreme low bidder (more on that also, later) and awarded a repair contract. Alerted by a whistle blower, Rebound’s executiveContinue reading “The Politics of Golf, Part 6: ‘Labor Bogey’”

On June 10, Mayor Dingler reminded Curt Zander political signs are not allowed on city property after a candidate asked for one (apparently in response to his opponent’s sign)

A June 15 email outlines the political strategy of golf course leadership, with OS City Council elections looming:

In an April 2 email, Curt Zander vehemently defended his contract work and golf course operations, after a scathing demand for an audit by a Seattle non-profit that claimed he did not follow bidding and public works contract procedures:

Copy of second post-Rebound report email sent April 21 from Curt Zander, who leases the Ocean Shores, to Mayor Crystal Dingler and Ocean Shores City Council (Zander added, “This is my last correspondence on this matter”: