David Flynn’s website is https://flynn4snohomish.com .
Council Member Flynn is a Flooring Contractor in Snohomish, and is co-owner, with his wife, of an art and crafts gallery on First Street. His volunteer contributions are as follows:
Vice President of Historic Downtown Snohomish Association
Founding member of the Snohomish Arts Community
Past Board Member of Housing Hope
Past member Snohomish Lion’s club
Volunteer for Balloon Glow
Volunteer for Winterfest
Little League Baseball umpire
Junior Football coach
Youth Group Leader
Fred Gaitan’s campaign page is: https://gaitanforsnohomish.com . Gaitan lists his work experience but no volunteer experience. One notable job entry is Account Manager for United Way. This job would have acquainted him with the current dynamics of housing costs, income disparity and basic needs that are unmet in our community. He talks about the unmet basic maintenance of infrastructure within the City of Snohomish.
Because, having learned to do so, and because Fred Gaitan is new to Snohomish, I check each candidate’s valid residency, I looked up the location of Fred Gaitan’s home. It is indeed one of the new structures on Lincoln Avenue. Mr. Gaitan applied for and received a reduced senior income discount of approximately 60% on his property tax from the county: property tax allocations being one of the main ways the city maintains its infrastructure.