Yes, it’s true, we endorsed incumbent Bruce Harrell in the primary. We fucked up. Back in August, Harrell challenger Tammy Morales clearly hadn’t hit her stride, so we went with the guy who already held the office—even though the SECB had never endorsed Harrell before, and even though we were looking for some reason, any reason, to endorse Harrell’s opponent. We were high? Probably. Also, we were worried about Morales’s lack of specifics and told ourselves Harrell would be a better council member in the new districts system, in which he’d be responsible only to South Seattle rather than the whole city. Like we said, we fucked up.
Since we met with Harrell and Morales this summer, Morales has come forward with clear criticisms of Harrell’s lack of accomplishments during his eight years on the council, as well as her own specific promises about what she’d do differently. Why she didn’t have more of this in the summer, we don’t know. But she’s right when she now suggests, on the campaign trail, that Harrell often operates like a spineless panderer who’s more interested in advancing his own political career than in any real moral compass he may or may not possess. And just in the last couple of weeks, Harrell betrayed his own weasely stupidity with some true bullshit, crystallizing for the SECB that while Morales has gotten much better as a candidate since the primary election, Harrell has somehow gotten worse.
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