To view some of the cash contributors to your favorite elected official, you merely have to visit the Washington Public Disclosure Commission website and do a simple search.

Here's the link: http://www.pdc.wa.gov/viewreports/

• Enter the official's last name in the "Search Value" field, followed by a single space, then the first letter of his/her first name (e.g., "sievers k", "cooper w", etc.)
• For "FORM TYPE", click "Show Choices" at right, choose "C3", then click the "Send Query" button at bottom
• For additional help, click on "Click for Help"

What you learn may make you think twice about where you spend your money in Snohomish County.

Along those same lines, given that both the Everett and Marysville Chambers of Commerce have endorsed the expansion of Paine Field, you may want consider shopping elsewhere. If you need something from, say, Home Depot or Walmart, visit one of their stores outside of these two cities, and otherwise support the merchants and businesses in the towns where they value the quality of life in our communities over what they've been led to believe will bring them a few more bucks.