I am tired of the mailers, attack ads, and voters guides. What a waste of paper. Imagine, these things actually work or the candidates would not be spending so much money on them! I hope my endorsements work as well. By now you should have read all the interviews and hopefully attended some debates.
Between Driscoll and Ahern the pick is simple. They are both against raising taxes. Driscoll is a moderate Democrat who seems genuinely concerned about Spokane and wants to stimulate job growth and balance the budget. Ahern seems much more concerned with his Party's platform and his religious beliefs. He wants to privatize everything, ban abortion as well as no-fault divorce. A vote for Driscoll would be a vote for Spokane and making progress towards the 21st Century instead of trying to go back to some previous era.
The choice between Marr and Baumgartner is not so easy. They are both intelligent, caring men who seem to be concerned with the future of our state. My biggest problem with Baumgartner is that he pledged to uphold the Spokane County Republican Platform. Seems to me he would be putting his Party before the greater good of this City, State and Country. Regardless of the fact that he says he disagrees with some of the Platform, he still signed it. If he would sign that to get the Republican Party endorsement what else would he do and then insist that he didn't mean? I think he has a political future but maybe he should wait until he is stronger and more focused on doing what he truly believes in.
This is awesome! :) I think you're right about Baumgartner--is he strong enough to put himself apart from the Republican Platform when he disagrees? I am thinking at this point in time he is not.
ReplyDeleteThere should be a mailer burning party! (I know recycling would be better)
:)
Yea, I read that Platform. Anyone who would sign that must be either living in the 50's or willing to do anything to get elected.
ReplyDelete