Familiar names for open seat

The names that were submitted to fill the Medical Lake City Council seat left vacant by the resignation of John Merrick will have a familiar, and perhaps an ironic, ring.

Three people, Don Kennedy, Monica Manza and Elizabeth Rosenbeck, applied for the opening by the May 25 deadline. They were recent candidates in both the 2017 primary and general elections.

Each will be under consideration and selected by current members of the council in a process that begins at the Tuesday, June 19 meeting. The group hopes to have a decision soon so that a number of back-burner issues can have the attention...