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The echoing silence usually prefacing Mukilteo elections is what inspired Ed Kunigonis to run for City Council. Midway through the filing week, it looked like business as usual in town, with the three of the four main races unchallenged.

There were three council positions with no opposition, he said. That is not effective government.

In order to have effective government, he said, each candidate must have a challenger.

Kunigonis emphasized that he chose to run against incumbent Richard Emery because Emery is the only one of this years candidates who was appointed, rather than elected, to...