If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. From an email exchange with John Griogaire Bell:

Greetings,

I apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail.

For personal reasons, I have been unable to actively campaign and I would be unable to accept the position on city council if I were to win the election. Therefore, I have decided that it would be unethical to take contributions or to participate in any candidate forums.

It is not possible to remove my name from the ballot nor change the statement in the voters pamphlet, so I am contacting you with this information. I will also be placing this notice on the website provided in the statement.

Thank you,

John G. Bell

On Sep 30, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Emmett O’Connell wrote:

Hi John,

This is Emmett from Olympia Time (olywa.blogspot.com). I haven’t heard much from you since you commented a couple months ago. How is the campaign going?