Time for Councilmember Buckshnis to Resign or be Recalled.


The dysfunctional City Council must stop; that’s what is best for Edmonds and should be a priority! At the January 28, 2020 Edmonds City Council meeting Diane Buckshnis stated the following in response to the Lora Petso nomination for the vacant council position. 


“I do want to say I was criticized last time when I brought this issue up good   heartedly about 2013 when a certain councilmember didn’t understand what was going on, but Ms. Petso did in fact cost the City $5 million and had I not read it in the audit report, ummm, which had already been published, uh, we would have not, we would have been out $5 million.  There are many people that know that.  It’s a factual statement.  If you want all the documentations to support it I will.  She was Council President at the time and regardless if Ms. Laura Johnson thinks that I’m being mean to Ms. Petso, it’s a fact and facts do speak for themselves and that’s why I am not supporting her.”

Of course nothing Ms. Buckshnis accuses the former Councilmember Petso can possibly be true. The Council President isn’t a member of the finance committee. The Council President does not prepare the City financial statements nor does the Council President make any budgetary adjustments to the city’s accounting system. The financial issue Ms. Buckshnis speaks about is the Long Term Bond Debt of the Edmonds Public Facilities District (Edmonds Center of the Arts} that was over 4 years old and only grew with more credit from the City, therefore categorized as uncollectable. 


Ms. Buckshnis makes wild unsubstantiated accusations without any merit.  She has and will continue to slander and defame fellow councilmembers and department directors. Her actions and behavior have caused many outstanding Edmonds employees to resign and seek employment in other cities.  Ms. Buckshnis is the root of the dysfunctional problem of city government. Ms. Buckshnis should either resign or be recalled.

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