Letter: Pam Roach Stands with Pierce County | The Suburban Times
Submitted by Pam Roach. I first signed on to 2020-136 (Making the Pierce County Council the county board of health), because the measure would provide “one-man-one-vote” representation to the people of Pierce County in matters of their healthcare. In signing onto 2020-136 as a sponsor, I had wanted to follow the one-man-one-vote spirit and legal decision of Cunningham v Metro (1991) in King County. There are higher orders of constitutional government, however. I believe the need for an informed and involved citizenry trumps one-man-one-vote. Without having given the citizens time to ...