To the Editor:

Let me see if I have this right. With two months advance notice, Roy Parke, Dave McKenzie, Norma Blanchard, Tara Talley, Diana Parke or Clara MacArthur, all Board of Directors Members of Accountability Comes to Town (ACT) could not be available to represent ACT at the January 16th debate?

If the sponsors knew this in advance, they had a responsibility to tell the audience ACT was not represented before the start of the debate. If they did not know it then ACT is guilty of serious irresponsibility.

The accountability standard ACT demands from others should apply to them, and they should be held accountable for this gross failure.

They are costing taxpayers a lot of money for an election on a matter they started yet they feel they don't feel have a responsibility to explain face to face to the public.

Dave McKenzie, who has written letter after letter on this subject apparently believes his homeowners meeting is more important than his effort to change the form of government in the city says a lot about his priorities.

Clara MacArthur, who always has something to say about everything, can only do it when she doesn't have to look anybody in the eye or answer questions about her negative and nasty comments.

To watch the cocky, sarcastic presentation by Mister know-it-all Frosty Hardison and his wife, representing no one but themselves should be clear to most Federal Way voters why they should vote no.

I think most people who attended the debate could see there is a lot more to this issue than it appears.

ACT's no show is inexcusable in my opinion. If I disagree with someone, I can respect and trust them if they have the intestinal fortitude to look me in the eye and explain their position.

ACT does not fall in that category.

L.T. Coleman

Federal Way