Drescher's Endorsers: Part 2

As N.P.R. has reported in "Drescher's Endorsers: Establishment - Check," council candidate, John Drescher, has received a number of endorsements from Establishment politicians (Mark Greene's support from the Establishment is less ostensible, and mostly from a few appointed officials).  One of Drescher's endorsers, Councilman Bill Erxleben is the most high profile promoter in Newcastle for dismantling Newcastle's independent status as a city and merging with Bellevue, but less known by the public is that Erxleben's sidekick, Gordon Bissett (another of Drescher's endorsers), also supports annexation, but kept that pretty well hidden until after the last local election.  Bissett didn't even go an entire year, since being elected to the Council in November, '11, before voting with Erxleben for annexation talks with Bellevue at the Sept. 4, 2012 council meeting.  Lest we forget, Bissett, like Drescher, also received big support from the Establishment leading up to the election.  So the public should be very aware of the sleight-of-hand where politicians whisper about annexation amongst themselves, and may even vote against talks, but openly support politicians like Erxleben and Bissett who are not so shy about announcing their real intentions about starting the process of being Bellevue's back yard.  This is called annexation-by-steps rather than one big dramatic move.  If you really want to keep Newcastle's independence, avoid following the endorsements of  the Establishment, and vote for Mark Greene.  Thank you!

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