Throughout various professional and civic roles, Mary Burke has shown that she knows how to bring people together to improve our environment and our communities. One of her recent accomplishments in McKinleyville is the Baduwa’t Project at the end of School Road, which improved salmon habitat along the river while adding a new public trail that has become a popular neighborhood gathering spot.
Mary has also volunteered countless hours as a member of McKinleyville’s Community Advisory Committee and Community Services District, where she has demonstrated an uncommon ability to listen to people with different viewpoints. She clearly has the values, skills, experience and temperament that I want in an elected official.
Electing local leaders who can work toward solutions based on shared values is more important now than ever. I hope you will join me in voting for Mary Burke for Fifth District supervisor. For more info, visit BurkeForSupervisor.com.
Jennifer Kalt, McKinleyville
This article appears in One School, Nine Students.
