SEQUIM — Ready to do battle, the non-profit community group charged with getting voters to finally approve a school district maintenance and operations levy request laid out its game plan Wednesday night.
Citizens for Sequim Schools chair Phil Langston addressed about 70 people at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, updating supporters and soliciting extra help in targeting registered voters who will be asked to pass a two-year, $5.16 million levy request in a special all-mail election ending May 18.
Langston, a former educator in the Sequim district, redefined his commitment to overcoming the disappointment of an unsuccessful pitch for public funding in February.
“My purpose was to pass a levy, and it failed. My purpose wasn’t big enough,” Langston said. “I’m not as bitter as I was.
“My new purpose is I want the community of Sequim to be the top community on the Peninsula.”
Though Langston’s enthusiasm was matched by attendees, Sequim Mayor Walt Schubert proved that nothing speaks louder than cash.
Schubert presented Langston with donations totaling $2,600 he and his wife, Sherrie, raised in the last two days from members of the Sequim-Dungeness Area Chamber of Commerce, Realtors and members of fraternal organizations.
That brings to just over $11,000 the amount of money in the organization’s coffers.