Submitted by San Juan County Council Member Jane Fuller (District 3).
During these particularly challenging and sensitive times, I want to share my perspective on recent violent events across the country – the impacts of which are being acutely felt by members of our local community. I am writing this as your local council member who is dedicated to representing and serving everyone in our Lopez Island and broader County communities, as I have been elected to do.
With increasing frequency, our lives are feeling deeply affected by random acts of horrific, seemingly partisan-inspired political violence, most recently with the assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman on June 14 and Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10. I believe these acts of violence are being per