Mercer Island Patch Covers Bassett Coffee Meeting

Reporter Cody Ellerd Bay of Mercer Island Patch was on hand with camera to capture the moment as Bruce Bassett met with Island residents at the North End Starbucks.

In addition to Bruce, former mayor Elliot Newman, resident Elizabeth Cross Nichol, and Mercer Island Farmers Market president Joel Wachs were present.

To read Ellerd Bay’s coverage, and to see additional photos, click here.   Bruce Bassett’s campaign website can be found here.

Bruce Bassett Announces Candidacy for Fall Election

Bruce Bassett, first elected to the Mercer Island City Council in 2007, has announced he will seek re-election to another term.  In an interview with the Mercer Island Reporter, Bruce today announced there is “more left to do as a City Council member.”

Quoting from the MI Reporter article,

“Bassett, 50, has a pair of degrees in engineering, worked at Intel, Raychem and formed his own company, Virtual Research Systems, Inc. He has been ‘retired’ since 2001 and spends his days as a community and school volunteer. He plays soccer. He and his wife, Nannette, have two children at Mercer Island schools.

During his time on the Council, Bassett has been a Council liaison to the city’s Utility Board, Arts Commission and Design Commission, and has represented the city’s interests with the Eastside Transportation Partners, the Suburban City Association, and projects with the Mercer Island School District.

He has long been interested in environmental issues, championing parks and open space and ideas such as the joint schools-city concept of getting kids to walk to school, called the “Healthy Ways to School.””

More information on Bruce’s campaign can be found at electbruce.org.  To read the full article in the MI Reporter, click here.