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The Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce has honored Snohomish County Councilman John Koster with its Elected Official of the Year Award.  The award was presented on Friday, June 26th as part of the Chamber’s Second Annual Business & Community Leadership Awards program.

 

According to the Chamber, “This award shall be given to an elected official at any level of government that has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Chamber, its businesses and the local community, and who has substantially improved the business climate and encouraged economic development in the greater Marysville Tulalip community.”

 

Koster, a former dairyman, said that people with business experience are lacking in government and he enjoys dealing with business issues.  “There’s little else that I do that gives me more gratification than supporting small business,” he said.
 
Snohomish County Councilman John Koster Files for Re-election PDF Print E-mail

For Immediate Release                                                           Contact:  John Koster

Wednesday, June 3, 2009                                                                      (425)308-9609

 

 

Snohomish County Councilman John Koster Files for Re-election

 

Snohomish County Councilman, John Koster, filed today as a candidate for re-election.  Koster, an Arlington resident, is seeking his third term.  He represents the Council's 1st District which covers the northern part of Snohomish County.  The 1st District includes Arlington, Marysville, Granite Falls, Stanwood, and Darrington as well as unincorporated areas surrounding these cities.

Koster, a former three-term Washington State Legislator, was first elected to his County Council seat in 2001.  In 2004, he served as Chair of the Council.  Currently, he is Chair of the Council's Operations Committee.  He also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC), a state-wide organization made up of elected county commissioners, council members and executives from all of Washington's 39 counties.

A former dairy farmer, he and his wife, Vicki, have been married for 39 years.  They have four children and nine grandchildren.

Koster's campaign theme is "Common Values . . . Common Sense."  He stated, "Most Americans share common goals and values.  Having a good job to provide for their families is one of these common values."

He continued, "With today's recession threatening to eliminate more and more jobs, it is even more imperative I continue to stand against high taxes and cumbersome regulations which stifle economic growth and kill jobs."

 
 

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

--Adrian Rogers: See it @ Google Books: Ten Secrets for a Successful Family, p. 138.