(Editor’s note: The following is a letter sent to Snoqualmie Mayor

Randy “Fuzzy” Fletcher.)

Dear Mayor,

I don’t know if you remember me. I have only met you once. My name

is Brian and I own the house at 37933 Southeast 77th Street. I take great

pride in the community, having served for several years on the flood task

force and having served for several years as a volunteer fireman. I am doing a

great deal of work to improve my house, but I have a concern about inoperable

and commercial vehicles parked on city streets.

I don’t know what the ordinances are in Snoqualmie, but most cities

have an ordinance that a vehicle cannot be parked on the street or within the

street easement more than 24 hours without being moved. If this is the case

in Snoqualmie, I think that certainly there ought to be some leniency, but I

see RVs (inoperable ?) and entire fleets of commercial vehicles parked on

the street for months or more. I generally believe that a person ought to be

able to do what they want with their own property. The city of Bellevue, in

my opinion, has gone a little too far in making it virtually impossible

for some people to park their own vehicles within the boundaries of their

own property.

I’m asking you if we could please get these vehicles moved off of

city streets and easements and into people’s back yards, or into

Bellevue. I will set the example by ensuring that the inoperable vehicle in front of

my house is moved within the next two weeks. Many of the streets

in Snoqualmie are narrow, and I can tell you from personal experience

that these vehicles pose a real threat to emergency vehicles, and they

just plain look bad.

Under your leadership, I see many great things happening in the city

and see many people working hard to improve their property in the greatest

city in the world. Please consider my request and let me know if there is

anything I can do to help.

Brian Tate

Snoqualmie