Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Time to think about Elections

Editing somewhat a previous post of mine from elsewhere - if we don't like the candidates we see on the local ballots, Nov. '06 was about the right time to be recruiting candidates for an '07 run - however, it's still not too late.

In Seattle, for instance...

The City of Seattle has, to put it mildly, an undue influence on the affairs of Washington, and gun law specifically. We appear to approach an opportunity.

City Council elections are coming up..if you, or someone you know, is:

1) Pro-gun or at least not anti
2) Socially liberal or libertarian
3) Well-Spoken
4) Potential to be a good fund-raiser
5) A minimum of skeletons setting up housekeeping in your/their closet.

Positions 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 (Godden, Steinbrueck, Rasmussen, Della, & Clark) are up for election. Steinbrueck, Rasmussen, and Clark are running unopposed. None of them, to my recollection, are especially pro-gun.

Godden is opposed by Venus Velazquez, profiled at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257050_finalist26.html in a PI article 1/26/06. Della is opposed by Tim Burgess (http://timburgess2007.com).

Two candidates running for unspecified Council positions are Michael X Ford http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews34_02/page3.cfm and Bruce Harrell http://electbruceharrell.com/ ...

Last I heard a credible race ran an absolute minimum of 10 or 15k, and serious was more on the order of 100k or so. A person (individual, business, or corporation) can not contribute more than $700 to any candidate's campaign. Council salaries run about 100k, and the term is 4 years.

Think about it, and spread the good word.

Give it a moments thought - and then research similar local races and start emailing everyone sensible you know with the notion that they or someone similarly sensible should run - included as much fact in the email as you can shoehorn in, and go for the gusto. :)

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