I agree! I attended a city council meeting last fall...and it proved to be a waste of time. Our city council sucks. And it seems that everyone in city government has something against chickens...including the chief of police...but no one will give you a straight answer as to why.
If you know of other people who have chickens/want chickens in Edmonds...we could get a bunch of people together and all go to a city council meeting. With more people maybe they'd be more willing to hear. But I'm not holding my breath...