LETTER: Waddell smart, informed and motivated candidate for Clallam PUD

Jim Waddell, candidate for PUD commissioner, understands why our current dependency on the Columbia and Snake River hydro project is a formula for higher electrical bills.

At this very time, the Bonneville Power Administration is in financial trouble and has no other option than to raise rates.

While the cost of repairs and maintenance goes ever higher, the cost of alternative energies continue to come down.

Perhaps it is time for our PUD commissioners and administrators to support alternative energies.

Perhaps it is time to support locally produced energy and study how electrical utilities around the globe are finding innovative ways to bring them on line.

Perhaps it is time for a new voice. Indeed it may be time to listen to the voice of a candidate who spent 35 years as a civil engineer, systems analyst and resource manager.

Jim Waddell is smart, informed and motivated.

He will work with administration and commissioners to diversify our energy sources.

I urge you to consider voting for Jim Waddell for Clallam County PUD commissioner.

Richard DeBusman,

Sequim