To the editor:

I was clearing out a drawer of old brochures, maps, etc. and came across the 2012 Bainbridge Island Almanac prepared and distributed by the Bainbridge Island Review.

I stopped to browse through it and noted many changes that have taken place since then. One change that is most significant and jumped out at me, considering the ongoing matter of the proposed city of Bainbridge Island electric utility, is the makeup of the city council.

Only one person who was a council member in 2012 is still in office. Apply this evolution to the proposed establishment of a COBI electric utility.  It is unlikely that any of the present council members will still be in office if this is carried forward. Not a one. Talk about lack of continuity and accountability.

And consider that the council has contracted with the same consultant that sold a bill of goods to Jefferson County and snookered them into approving a PSE takeover that is costing way more than had been suggested by that consultant. And I don’t believe that there is anything they can do but pay the (higher) bills.

Assuming that this same consultant will come back to Bainbridge Island with a report that supports the COBI electric utility (does anyone really think otherwise?) I question how anything this consultant says can have credibility.

Here we have no continuity, no accountability, no credibility and some serious conflict of interest issues as reported in prior letters.

What a waste of taxpayer money. And what a travesty.

NORMAN MARTEN

Bainbridge Island