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Editor's note: The following letter was also submitted to Mayor Mike Nelson and city councilmembers.

I, like so many others, am so saddened to see what's been going on in Edmonds. I'm sure you didn't plan on being in this embarrassing mess, but the very poor decisions and public comments made by the mayor and a majority of the council could've been completely avoided.

You owe it to your precious community to turn this around as quickly as possible and reinstate Acting Chief Jim Lawless. You need to apologize publicly to him, the police department staff, and your community for not doing you...