Do you really think this is a letter to bring the community together? Or is it a one-sided political view?  You call out President Trump, but you fail to call out ANTIFA, or the communists that are armed, dangerous, and trying to suppress "free speech". I am not a racists, facists, nor a bigot, how about you city council?  Are you looking at the world/city view with your blinders on?  Why don't you call out the people who are trying to put new rules in place on the building on Mercer?  Yes, I know you have yours, pull the ladder up.  The older people who have lived here a long time for some reason think that they have more rights, than young families that are trying to build/buy on Mercer Island.  The progressive/liberal, grey-haired, "I have mine, too bad for you", who are just about as bendable in their thought process and tolerance as a dead tree, that they don't even want to cut down.  All of you trying to put restrictive rules will pass, and the young will inherit, thank goodness.