Jane? JAAAANE!!! The SECB e-mailed Republican incumbent Jane Hague eight times to see if she’d come in for an interview or at least send us some basic campaign materials, but Hague did not show up and she did not send us squat. This appears to be consistent with her previous dealings with the SECB. In 2011, we wrote before the primary that Hague is “a boozy, allegedly-cop-abusing, reportedly-degree-inflating shopaholic who lives in Bellevue Square and has spent 17 years on the county council… Or so we’re told. Hague wouldn’t meet with the SECB or return our phone calls.” We still can’t figure out why Hague won’t call us back. (Maybe it’s because we then called her a “Republican train wreck” ahead of the 2011 general?) But this type of behavior also appears to be consistent with the biggest criticism of Hague from her opponents—that she doesn’t show up to King County Council meetings, either. Of all the missed votes by county council members in the last year, more than 40 percent were by Hague.
Claudia Balducci, the Democratic mayor of Bellevue who wants to represent the Eastside, came in and won us over with her advocacy for light rail (she sits on the Sound Transit board) and had some pretty cool ideas about coming up with a regional affordable housing plan.
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