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... never served in public office or worked in government.
She basically repeated that statement elsewhere, without applying it to any specific candidate (even though it only applies to Moon and Oliver):
Experience, a quality that’s frequently belittled in national politics, is crucially important in a mayor. Mayor of Seattle is not an entry-level job.
She spent half a paragraph on McGinn, Durkan and Hasegawa (each), but she wrote three paragraphs about Oliver, essentially calling bullshit on some of the things she has said. For Dan to quote information about both Oliver and Durkan was an apt summary of the editorial, since Barnett spent most of her time talking about those two candidates.
Besides, she would be crushed in the general election. Might as well ask Durkan to take over immediately. Most voters won't give a shit that one candidate is only slightly more to the left than the other; instead they will notice that one candidate is qualified, and the other isn't. Or they will notice that one candidate not only knows about the issues, but actually voted on them, while the other makes bullshit excuses for failing to take even the smallest exercise in civic responsibility. Holy shit, woman, it is an absentee ballot! I moved several times -- with little kids in tow -- and was broke as shit at the time -- but I still managed to fill out a change of address form for voting, along with the one for my mail. She got a fucking JD and she couldn't do that??! Or maybe she couldn't find five minutes to fill out the ballot. Either way it shows a lack of civic engagement or lack of competence, either one of which will make voters flock to Durkan.
Here's what I'm talking about: "Three candidates in the race for mayor—Jessyn Farrell, Cary Moon, and Mike McGinn—like to be considered urbanists. But only one, ... Farrell, has a record of translating pro-transit, pro-housing urbanist values into policy."
To me, this should be ball game, end of discussion--why are any of us greens even considering Cary Moon and Mike McGinn when Jessyn Farrell is in the race? And yet, even with The Stranger and its endorsement, an actual record of success at the job doesn't make the difference when applying for a similar job. It's like it doesn't cut through the noise.
Plus, it's refreshing to see somebody who calls herself a Seattle progressive with the courage to diplomatically call out the dangerous demagoguery of Nikkita Oliver. BTW, Sheley Secrest, an African-American woman with an actual, impressive resume who is running for City Council, has endorsed Jessyn Farrell for mayor.