It seems a little premature to be making such a list now, but since you’re asking (“Who will step up to lead Fairwood?” Feb. 6, Renton Reporter), I plan to have my name on that first slate of candidates for the Fairwood City Council. As an opponent of wasteful government spending (I helped Citizens for More Important Things organize the opposition to the first stadium vote), a proponent of an earlier incorporation and an active public servant. I will be right at home in City Hall.

Granted, municipal politics is hard, thankless work: I don’t see myself doing it for more than a term or two, which is as it should be. Rotation in office is a sign of civic health – anyplace where the same person gets re-elected time after time, regardless of performance in office, is no place that I would like to live.

Fairwood will be a “community of communities.” That is, the proposed town is comprised of about 65 or 70 well-established, already-running private communities. The scores of local homeowners’ associations, apartment boards and neighborhood groups should provide a steady stream of energetic, well-qualified office seekers.

Matt McCally, Fairwood