Reverting to second class will not change the structure of City government. It will still be the same Council-Manager government with the same City staff in the same positions.

Reverting to second class will not cause an election of a new City Council, despite what many people were told.  Under our WA Constitution, the people can only remove council members by recall, and this is not a recall vote.  So ultimately the State will not permit an election, because there will be no vacancies to fill.  So in January, the candidates elected this November will be seated with the remaining incumbents to serve out their full terms.

Reverting to second class will suspend the citizens' right to initiative and referendum. WA law only permits second class cities to hold advisory votes.  That is unquestionably a huge loss to the people.

I've been asking for a year, and I ask again: what are the *benefits* to the people?  What do you think you will change for the better?