The Chair sets the agenda, leads meetings, represents the Board publicly and is the press contact for opinions and information. For the last 30 years this position has rotated yearly among the commissioners giving each area of the county their turn to have their commissioner lead the Board as de facto executive.

In a front page article in The Sun, dated Dec. 18, 2001, Commissioners Botkin and Endresen are quoted as saying that Commissioner Angel “lacked experience.” Both Botkin and Endresen were allowed the opportunity to represent their districts as Chair after their first year as commissioner. They certainly were not then more qualified that Angel who has served her first year. Endresen is quoted saying that, “she has other government experience and Tim is a lawyer,” and that, “this is the first board Angel has ever served on.”

The voters of Kitsap County know that Angel certainly does not lack experience. They know that Angel has chaired national, state and county boards in her extensive business career in the banking and real estate profession and has also served generously on numerous community service organization boards.

The citizens of Kitsap County are weary of this continued “spin” from the left that only they are, “qualified to hold government office.” To use this old “spin” to publicly demean Commissioner Angel is an insult to the citizens of Kitsap County.

Commissioner Angel’s professionalism, leadership experience and diplomacy are sorely needed in Kitsap County government!

Shirley Brown, Chair
Kitsap County Republican Party
Poulsbo, WA.