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The Oddballs for King County Executive

Dominic Holden
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It's almost as if a lack of education is a bonus when seeking a job at The Stranger. Seriously dude, get your fucking GED.
on August 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM Report this
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Stan Lippman is an institution, glad to hear he's still around.
levide on August 6, 2009 at 11:22 PM Report this
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Goodspaceguy belongs in an institution, glad to see I can still get a laugh from his piece in the voter's guide.
Renton Mike on August 7, 2009 at 12:07 AM Report this
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i think it would be awesome if goodspaceguy got elected.
playswithknives on August 7, 2009 at 12:10 AM Report this
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Susan Hutchison's idea to devolve county services to nonprofits is stupid. Just hugely, thoughtlessly stupid. So stupid and thoughtless that I might just have to bang my head against the wall a few times before I go to sleep.

on August 7, 2009 at 12:28 AM Report this
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At least Goodspaceguy is a lovable kind of crazy.
The CHZA on August 7, 2009 at 5:29 AM Report this
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And Lippmann is a "stole my client's money and got disbarred last year" kind of crazy. 'Physicist' my flappy brown eye.
gloomy gus on August 7, 2009 at 6:48 AM Report this
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Seeing Goodspaceguy in the voter's pamphlet is always a genuine pleasure.
au_gout on August 7, 2009 at 8:26 AM Report this
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Is that a CROSS Suzie is clutching? Just wondering...
Mud Baby on August 7, 2009 at 8:35 AM Report this
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Susan Hutchison is the one hope we have of actually changing county government and making it more efficient.
CaseyB on August 7, 2009 at 9:08 AM Report this
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@10: ok, i'm game. exactly how would she do that?
Max Solomon on August 7, 2009 at 9:18 AM Report this
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@7: I think he actually was a physicist and grew disillusioned with the "corrupt" atmosphere in science. He then went back to school to study law - and I think that's when he moved to Seattle - and it was then that he began his political "career." His first campaign featured his mug on the side of several buses, stating that vaccination was killing us.

He's his own kind of crazy, that's for sure.
TVDinner on August 7, 2009 at 9:50 AM Report this
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"If we can consolidate those services, we can cut the overhead.” Isn't that KC Public Health?
Jenny from the Block on August 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM Report this
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@10
She's not given any specifics other than vaguely talking about "reform". She lacks the prior track record that might make one believe she's capable of enacting reforms without getting specific.
Dino Rossi, Reagan Dunn, or even Pam Roach would be far more credible as reform candidates from the right.

For those who see reform as a key issue I'd suggest voting for either Hunter or Jarret, they both at least have some hope of getting some changes made.
on August 7, 2009 at 10:14 AM Report this
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Susan Hutchinson is very specifically full of shit. The fact is, THAT'S WHAT WE ALREADY DO. I won't say "most", because I don't know the exact numbers, but a very large percentage of the human services provision by the county is done through local nonprofits.

What she's saying is "what if there were buses and sewers and electricity around here?" She's as nutty as Lippman in her way.

My favorite Lippman story is the time he was running for something on his anti-vaccination platform, and the voter's pamphlet wouldn't print his entire candidate's statement (because it was 1,000 pages long), and he wouldn't edit it, so they printed whatever the standard allotment was, cutting him off in the middle of a sentence.
Fnarf on August 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM Report this
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i'm voting for goodspaceguy
on August 7, 2009 at 11:59 AM Report this
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Did Lippmann mention his plan to pay all county expenses in silver coins, coins which the county would apparently mint after buying a silver mine? Cause I gotta say, that part of the Voters Guide tickled me.
Gitai on August 7, 2009 at 2:52 PM Report this
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At least they showed up..The guy running against Judge Anne Ellington chickened out and was a no show..Go to VOTINGFORJUDGES.ORG.. you can read their answers to the Muni league and KCBA questionnaire as well as ratings and endorsements
independent on August 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM Report this
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Wait, did your ass burn on the pew, Dominic? The nerve of the LWV having a political forum in a g-ddamn church!
on August 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM Report this

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